#philosophy-of-mind #consciousness Created at 240723 # [Anonymous feedback](https://www.admonymous.co/louis030195) # [[Epistemic status]] #shower-thought Last modified date: 240723 Commit: 0 # Related # consciousness level 3 >**Human consciousness is a specific form of consciousness that creates a model of the world and then simulates it in time, by evaluating the past to simulate the future. This requires mediating and evaluating many feedback loops in order to make a decision to achieve a goal**. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h51fssqv845kgvs6pdd4dd2b)) >Using brain scans, we can even propose a candidate for the precise area of the brain where simulation of the future takes place. Neurologist Michael Gazzaniga notes that “area 10 (the internal granular layer IV), in the lateral prefrontal cortex, is almost twice as large in humans as in apes. Area 10 is involved with memory and planning, cognitive flexibility, abstract thinking, initiating appropriate behavior, and inhibiting inappropriate behavior, learning rules, and picking out relevant information from what is perceived through the senses.” ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h51fzkembrcw62ra47ejve0r)) >[[Michio Kaku - The Future of the Mind The Scientific Quest to Understand - Enhance - and Empower the Mind|Michio Kaku]]