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Why the vast
difference
between
animal brain and
I
N
OUR
January and February
issues, we analyzed the similari–
ties and differences between the
mmtal activíties
of humans and ani–
mals. We demonstrated tbat human
thought is
enormously
superior to
animal thought.
In the March-Apri l issue and now
in May, we analyze the similarities
and differences between the
physio–
logical brains
of humans and ani–
mals. We are demonstrating that the
human brain is only
barely
superior
to animal brain.
Finally, in June, we will corre–
late the two- as we explain the
enormous superiority of human men–
tal activity in the light of the bare
superiority of human physiological
brain - and begin to answer the
ultimare question: What is man ?
O
UR
imaginary scientific friends
haven't moved since we left
them last month. They're too stunned
- and frightened. The physiologists
stood stupefied, numbed by man's as–
tounding mind. The psychologists sat
PLAIN TRUTH May 1972
PART IV
by
Robert
l.
Kuhn
lllustratians
by
Frank Armitage
and Alain Moreau
numbed, stupefied by man's ordinary
brain.
There seemed to be only one way of
solving their dilemma.
The human
mi11d
greatly surpassed
what could not even be called "animal
mind." But the human
brain
was only
barely superior to animal brain. How,
then, couJd the incredible human
mind be explained if not by the physi–
cal human brain?
Was there any choice?
A NON-physical component
seemed
to e..xist in the human mind. How
could these imaginary researchers
(from the "n-dimension," remember?)
maintain even a shred of their much–
p rofessed intellectual honesty and
not
admit that the human mind con–
tained a NON-physical component?
Witb this installment we thanked
them for their help and bade them
adieu.
Now let's consider the cosmological
import of their conclusions. Imagine
the consequences
if
man i1zdeed
pos·
sesses a non-physical factor: our indi–
vidual lives - indeed our whole
society - would havc to be restruc–
tured. And time is running out. So,
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•
considering the awesome significance
of such an intimate non-physical
reality, we should be absolutely sure
of its existence.
HOLD
IT!
You may not have guessed it. But
there are three general types of people
reading this series on the human mind.
The first group has always been con–
vinced that the human mind is simply
the product of the human brain -
with absolutely
nothing
non-physical
involved. For them no proof would
ever really be acceptable. The second
group has always assumed that a non–
physical component
does
exist in the
human mind. Por them no proof was
ever really necessary.
I t is to the third group that this
present articlc is addressed. These are
people at all levels of society and edu–
cation who are not bound by either
dogmatic view. These are people who
think - people who demand factual
data, logical reasoning and the truth.
And we challenge this third group
to
deJermine
the truth: Is there, or is
there not, a oon-physical factor in the
human mind ? Consider the evidence,
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