PREDICTION – DOPAMINE – JUST HOW POWERFULL?

Referred by SOURCE: SEEDMAGAZINE

“The scientists immediately discovered a strong neural signal that drove many of the investment decisions. The signal was fictive learning.”

“Montague wanted to know which part of the dopamine system was distorted in the addicted brain. He began to wonder if addiction was, at least in part, a disease of fictive learning. Addicted smokers will continue to smoke even when they know it’s bad for them. Why can’t they instead revise their models of reward?”

ABSTRACT:

A Neural Substrate of Prediction and Reward

Wolfram Schultz, Peter Dayan, P. Read Montague ^*

The capacity to predict future events permits a creature to detect, model, and manipulate the causal structure of its interactions with its environment. Behavioral experiments suggest that learning is driven by changes in the expectations about future salient events such as rewards and punishments. Physiological work has recently complemented these studies by identifying dopaminergic neurons in the primate whose fluctuating output apparently signals changes or errors in the predictions of future salient and rewarding events. Taken together, these findings can be understood through quantitative theories of adaptive optimizing control.
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ENERGY – How can a city have not moved much in 100 years?

SOURCE: COLUMBUS DISPATCH

The 1908 “City Beautiful” plan discusses many ideas that planners, civic leaders and residents are talking about now to make Columbus more livable: bikeways, Scioto Mile park, more green space, more public art.

“Many of the issues discussed in the plan 100 years ago are issues that remain topics of discussion today,” Kathy Mast Kane, executive director of the Columbus Landmarks Foundation, said in an e-mail.

A Few movers and shakers, a billionaire, many public companies creating employment.  NOT ENOUGH – 100 years and we are still working on the SAME PLAN!

How long does it take?  What is the key ingriedient that COLUMBUS does not have?  MORE BUSINESS, MORE EMPLOYMENT, MORE PEOPLE, MORE MONEY???

UNCONCIOUS DECISIONS – FREEWILL???

Do you really have freewill?

According to Scientific American Mind Magazine and a study done at Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Berlin – “We all think that we have a conscious free will,” he says. “However, this study shows that actions come from preconscious brain activity patterns and not from the person consciously thinking about what they are going to do.”

The results of the study support the notion that unconscious brain activity comes first and concious expereince follows as a result.

Source #2

In the 1980’s Benjamin Libet performed an experiment that seemed to show that areas of the brain responsible for certain body movements activate before we are conscious of our decision to move.

Would you like to be able to predict the future?

Do you lift up every rock? Are you open to new experiences?

The UNIVERSE/GOD/HIGHER POWER/ – whatever you choose to call this encompassing ENERGY has a mind of itz own!!!

INTENTION/PRAYER/DREAMS/VISION BOARDS – What the difference?

Do you really have the control????

So I was catering an event for DUE-AMICI for PageTec who opened a new Columbus headquarters. While there the owner said he would like me to work with them. I had no idea what they did. Why not? ROCK – lift it up see whatz under it. Another industry for me to add to my toolbelt, connections and curriculum for teaching!?

It turns out it is a production company for events and multimedia. WOW. Within 3 weeks I have been involved in setting up and running 3 large events. 57,000 people for the Derassic Classic, being the biggest and 2 other events. I have been involved with over 15 bands and performances. Hows that for a quick expereince? Amazing how this opportunity is directly aligned with the next step to the B.YONEST INVAZION. I did not set this goal or have this on my radar. I had many questions about audio/video/lighting/staging for our B.YONEST tour, but never sought out this opportunity.

Did I somehow put this intention out with my questions?

This rock somehow appeared. I went for it, checked it out and now the precessional effect is the exciting part. Whats next?!

Where does FLOW come from?

Ever notice some days you are in the FLOW? Things just seems to work out, even better then you could imagine. The parking spot is there, the person you thought about in the morning happens to walk by you on the street (you have never seen them outside of the night life). All your calls/emails out are answered quickly with positive responses.
Then there are the days when you drive round and round looking for the spot. You cant get a hold of people you are calling, no email responses come back. Very low energy…

Why is this? FLOW comes from what? Vibrating at a frequency that is attracting all that you want. Maybe if you do not focus on what you want in the morning then you are at EFFECT instead of CAUSE. Which is not always bad, because sometimes the way I think something should happen is not even close to universal perfection.

I just wanted to type a quick post to keep my google ranking up. My intention is that you get some small thought or distinction from this babble to FOUCS on!