Here, I want to discuss Antonio Damasio’s perspective of bioelectrical computations of human intelligence that separates us from the intelligence of bacteria. Though Damasio does not appear to be a non-materialist, I gather from him some non-materialist support for mind/consciousness that I think has some relevance to the Christian spiritual neuroscience of Curt Thompson. This leads me to a conclusion about the importance of having the mind of Christ that should shape our social lives and thinking patterns.

Do you believe that we are naive realists? Our perception is like a tunnel through which we see reality with peripheries that do not allow all stimuli to enter. Though we are limited in perception, our stubbornness and argumentativeness makes it seem that we like to think we know it all, making us naive realists at heart. What does psychology and neuroscience have to say about all of this?