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I agree with Kirsten that the complexity of our brains explains why we ourselves are so complex... why our emotions, morals, intellect, etc, are so intense and can so often be in conflict. The complexity explains why internal struggles occur so often regarding our beliefs, feelings, and many other things. No wonder! 10^12. Pretty crazy.

I also think it's interesting that no human being has the same exact neurological make-up as any other human being. I think that this is evidence of the fact that all people are unique, that no one is the same. And this is both reassuring and a bit scary.

 And outputs without inputs... to be quite honest, I don't know what to think about that. Maybe, as Holly says, that this does not exist, and we merely are unable to see the input right now. Or maybe Kirsten is right in that we could call this our imagination. I would really like to explore this more in class, because I just don't understand how there can possibly be an output without an input.

I was also fascinated, as a side note, by the fact that the number of neurons in our brain is similar to the number of stars in the sky.... makes me wonder if perhaps there really is a pattern....?  (At least, I think that was what Professor Grobstein said... or did I get that wrong?) Shayna and I seem to agree on a lot of this stuff.... happy to see I'm not the only one thinking along these lines.