THE ENFOLDING UNIVERSE
and THE UNIFIED THEORY
by
WILSON OGG

Synchronous Folds Giving Rise to Consciousness and Matter>

The Two-Way Flow

Unifying Consciousness and Matter

COGNITIVE ENGINEERING

Brain-Computer Interfacing

Introductory Remarks

Not very long ago it was believed by many scientists to be impossible to control computers by human thought. It is now believed by many researchers that human thought has been shown to "control" computers. This belief, however, is not supported by the evidence. What has been clearly shown, however,is that computers and thought interact together and some forms of interaction might be interpreted as control of thought over computers. Researchers in recent years have tapped directly into thoughts by implanting tiny electrodes into the brain, leading to the formation what is called cognitive engineering that would include the interfacing between the brain and computer. The Enfolding Universe necessarily presuppposes the new field of cognitive engineering and the reality of brain-computer interfacing. See the article of The Emergence of Life and its discussion of the interfacing of varios types of biotons with one another. One should, however, avoid confusing causality with coexistence. The fact that a particular computer state might follow in time a thought pattern does not prove that the thought pattern caused the computer state. The interrelationships between a computer state and a thought pattern, moreover, does not establish that the computer state caused the thought pattern or the thought pattern caused the computer state. Synchronism is not causality.

Cognitive Engineering Based Upon Improper Presuppositions

The field of cognitive engineering presupposes that there is a necessary dichotomy between matter and consciousness and that consciousness may affect matter. This belief is appaently based on belief that the enfolding of force with form gives rise to consciousness as a form of radiant energy that can interface with matter. Synchronous enfolding gives rise to matter and consciousness, but this fact does not establish that conscioiusness can control a computer state. Synchromism, moreover, is not evidence of causality. The field of cognitive engineering is apparently based upon the assumption of a non-existing dichotomy between matter and consciousness that necessarily arise together as a result of the enfolding of force and form.

Prior Attempts at Thought-Power Control Over Computers

Attempts to establish thought-power to control computers have traditionally used an electroencepalograoh (EEG) to measure the brain`s electrical activity. A skull-cap studded with electrodes is worn by the patient. The skull-cap muffles much neuronal chatter, with the EEG`s recording only large-scale activity consisting of the firing together of large groups of neurons. But, attempts of this nature could not pick up individual thoughts. For this reason, research focused on signal processing techniques to search EEG traces for subtle changes in the cranial cacophany. The problem here was that the cacophany of biotonic interactions made it difficult to focus upon the highly limited interactions that would be related to individual thoughts.

The Roy Bakay Experiments

Implanting the Electrode

The team of Roy Bakay and Dr. Bakay, a neurosurgeon at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, have developed a brain implant capable capable of monitoring extremely small-scale activity in the motor areas of the brain. See article in The Toronto Star , January 21, 1998, by Lori Wiechman, on how Dr. Bakar achieved communication between a paralyzed man and a computer. A hollow glass cone the size of the tip of a ballpoint pen, the implant, termed a neurotropic electrode is inserted into the cerebral cortex through a hole drilled just above the ear. The actual location of the implant is crucial. The patient is asked to think about moving a limb, and the motor area of the brain becomes active. From increased blood flow, the precise location of the active region is identified, and in this identified region the electrode is implanted.

The Nature of the Implant

The glass dome or implant contains a microscopically-thin gold wire, surrounded by a nerve tissue extracted from the patient`s leg. This arrangement stimulates neurons from the surrounding cortex to grow into the cell. The neurons over a period of several months fuse with the wire. Dr. Bakay states that "Its like having a little piece of the brain inside the electrode." According to the Unified Theory of Consciousness and Matter, what is really going on is the formation of biotonic relationships between the gold wire and the brain cortex.

Biofeedback Training

The patient unmdergoes biofeedback training. The sound of a buzzer is controlled by the electrical activity recorded by the implant. The patient learns which thoughts make the buzzer sound loader and faster. Thereafter, a cursor on a computer screen replaces the buzzer and the patient learns to think the cursor from side to side.

Patients Receiving Implants

The first patient received her implants in 1997 and suffered from a fatal degenerative motor neuron disease. But, she did live long enough to take part in preliminary experiments, helping Dr. Bakay and his team to indentify the brain cells they were looking for. The second patient, known as "j.R.", was a 53-year old victim of a stroke and paralyzed from the neck down. He had two implants that enabled him to control separately the horizontal and vertical movements of a cursor and to select icons that trigger synthesized speech, allowing J.R. to communicate with the world.

Man as being in Control

Some people find the repercussions of cognitive engineering frightening. Could the machine end up controlling the person? This fear is based upon the false assumption that a person is controlling the machine, thereby allowing the machine perhaps to control the person. What is really going on is the synchronous enfolding of force and form, which in turn gives rise the interrelationships among biotonic forces, and which account for the achievements of cognitive engineering, with man`s acceptance of these interrelationships being essential for their manifestation. There is nothing to fear.