The scientific world has been conducting research on “consciousness” for many years. We know that consciousness somehow resides in the brain, but what we know about it is still very poor. Here is the story that we are going to tell now, which shocked the scientific world, proves our ignorance. If consciousness is in the brain, how can a man who has lost 90 percent of his brain lead a relatively healthy life?
The hero of our story is a man living in France, and he goes to the doctor in 2007 due to pain in his leg…
The doctors, learning that this man had problems with cerebral fluid in his childhood, decide to do a brain scan.
Brain scans revealed that the skull of this 44-year-old Frenchman was mostly filled with fluid, only a thin outer layer of actual brain tissue remained, and the interior of his brain was almost completely depleted.
A stent was placed on him when he was a child due to fluid accumulation in the brain, but it was removed again at the age of 14. And while it was being removed, the brain was severely damaged.
Doctors think that this man’s brain, who suffered from fluid retention as a child, gradually disappeared over 30 years.
However, science still cannot fully explain this.
Despite a small amount of brain tissue, the man has no intellectual disability. He has a low IQ(75) but works as a civil servant; He is married and has two children.
The question that scientists cannot find an answer to at this point is this: When any part of the brain is damaged, when people are in a coma or lose consciousness; How can this man go on with his normal life?
According to the scientific world, the man had to lose consciousness under these conditions.
University of Brussels psychologist Cleeremans says: “Instead of being born with consciousness, the brain learns it over and over again.”
And he continues: “Consciousness is the brain’s non-conceptual theory of itself, gained through experience, that is, through learning, interaction with itself, the world, and other people.”
While scientists have different opinions on this interesting situation, Cleeremans first published the idea in 2011 and gave a speech on the subject at the Association for the Study of Scientific Awareness 2016 in Buenos Aires in June 2016.
According to Cleeremans, even if this man had only a tiny brain left, the remaining neurons are able to form a theory about themselves; so the remaining man is aware of his actions.
Accordingly, our brain finds a way out when it is in a difficult situation. Even if damaged, the remaining neurons can form an organization and minimize the damage that may occur in the body.
This man’s situation is actually proof of this: The brain continues to fight until the last cell remains and does not quit its job.
This very interesting event is very important for the scientific world. Because the discovery of this feature of the brain means great hope that we can reverse many diseases in the future.
The Pygmalion Effect (Expectation Effect) is the theory that explains that the positive expectations of the leader, a loved manager, parent or teacher from the individual (employee, student or children) will give positive results or have a positive effect on performance. )
In other words, the fact that the people we love have positive expectations from us will have an impact on our achievement of positive results. This effect, which is also called the “self-fulfilling prophecy” or the “Pygmalion Effect”, can be explained as the person exhibiting behaviors that match the expectations of others (especially those he considers superior to himself in any way) after a while. Expectations such as “my uncle is my child is hardworking, does not misbehave, he is smart” generally have positive effects on the child.
Golem Effect is the opposite. Negative expectations of our loved ones from us will cause us to perform negatively. “It’s hard to lose weight after this age”. The effect they create on us by saying “Look, you can’t lose weight” is the Golem Effect. All these negative effects will cause negative performance in us. The statement of the parents to their child that “my uncle is naughty, my child is naughty, never sits still” creates a Golem Effect on the child and the child’s tendency to become naughty increases.
Sociologist Robert Merton, the expectation effect; He evaluated it with the statement “Misdefining a situation leads to a new behavior that makes the wrong right”.
To summarize briefly, our positive or negative expectations of people who love us have an impact on the results they will achieve. This effect is called the Pygmalion or Golem Effect. Both theories are valid in the workplace, school, home or social life. These expectations can be expressed verbally or through behavior.
WHAT CAN BE DONE?
In short, we should make speeches or exhibit behaviors that encourage people in front of us in a positive way. If we believe you can do it.
