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Archival Collection of Talks on Various Bahá'í Subjects

The Human Brain: A Model for Decision Making

1985

“The Human Brain as a Model for Decision-Making” is the title of Dr. Maxwell’s talk. He explores how the brain receives and processes information and proceeds to action. Relates Einstein’s theory of time in relation to all created matter. Describes how the “bureau” was the primary change agent in Western development, over the farm and the factory. Maxwell describes nine propostions that help to visualize the brain metaphorically. “Knowledge is evolutionary as the brain is cybernetic.”