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Neuronal signals

 While the transition from I-function to neuronal signals seemed a bit strange at first, I am starting to see a connection.  It seems like we are zooming in on the signals which allow us to experience the I-function and other feelings.  If we are able to understand the propagation of neuronal signals that may give us some insight on how the signals travel and how as individuals interpret the signals differently or similarly.  I generally prefer thinking about the larger picture and how we think rather than the small neuronal signals which govern our functioning lives, so this is definitely a different approach at analyzing the mind.  For the neuronal signals to start, I can only assume that there needs to be some stimulus to provoke it.  Would it be an external signal? Or can internal signals prompt neuronal signals since neuronal signals are internal as well? I feel that the analysis of neuronal signals in relation to the I-function complicates matters due to the unanswered question of where/how do signals start.  Is there a certain "box" which is the source of all the signals and it is the only box that can generate an output without an input? But then there's the question on how that "box" can generate a signal all on its own without a stimulus.  

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