Sometimes I feel like I am becoming an expert at juggling--not with physical balls or knives, but with projects. Today was one of those days where at any given moment my attention would be changed to a totally different project. With emails and telephone calls going in and out all day--firing off another one while waiting for a reply--my multi-tasking brain circuits are definitely getting used. Just thinking about how the human brain works and can be processing so much information at once is absolutely amazing.
Did you know that we have sensors for temperature, pressure, moisture, and pain all over our skin? If we were to physically try to wire the amount of sensors that our human body has to a super computer, it would not be able to process information as quickly as our brain does it. The tremendous trick is that our brain is able to ignore so many signals and yet respond as soon as one fires. We can phyisically hold a phone (head to shoulder), look at a computer screen, type with both hands, listen to a conversation, see info on a screen, reply by talking back, feel how hot it is in the room, think about the time, and feel thirst all at the same time. We can even operate multiple simultaneous coupled 6-degree-of-freedom motions with our bodies (limbs, etc.) without becoming unstable. Find a computer that can do all of that and recharge itself with 8 hours being turned off. The human body is a wonderful creation designed by an intelligent Creator.
Some sail boats viewed from the ferry.
