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Intellectual Understanding

The intellectual understanding.


  • Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.
    Author: Albert Einstein - 336
  Key words: Intellectual, Intellectual-Understanding, Mind, Understanding  

  Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)  

Question: What is a mind?
  Answer: The mind is the mental processes that wills, perceives, judges, reasons, and thinks thoughts. - 217

Question: What is the purpose of a mind?
  Answer: We use our mind the solve problems by thinking, reasoning, understanding, and applying learned knowledge. - 220

Question: What is a brain?
  Answer: The brain is the center of the nervous system. - 218

Question: What is affected by dementia?
  Answer: Dementia affects: memory, learning, orientation, language, comprehension and judgment. - 216

Question: What is memory?
  Answer: Memory is remembrance of past events, or recollection of facts. - 219


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Scientific American Mind
 Scientific American Mind

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 Mind The Mental Health Charity

 In England and Wales working for a better life for everyone experiencing mental distress.

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  Comments and Quotes  

There is obviously no way to get inside another person's mind and know firsthand. - James Bernat - 163


Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Common Sense, who has been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was, since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape.
He will be remembered as having cultivated such valuable lessons as:
* Knowing when to come in out of the rain;
* Why the early bird gets the worm;
* Life isn't always fair; and
* Maybe it was my fault.
Common Sense lived by simple, sound financial policies (don't spend more than you can earn) and reliable strategies (adults, not children, are in charge).
His health began to deteriorate rapidly when well-intentioned but overbearing regulations were set in place. Reports of a 6 year old boy charged with sexual harassment for kissing a classmate; teens suspended from school for using mouthwash after lunch; and a teacher fired for reprimanding an unruly student, only worsened his condition.
Common Sense lost ground when parents attacked teachers for doing the job that they themselves had failed to do in disciplining their unruly children.
It declined even further when schools were required to get parental consent to administer Tylenol, sun lotion or a band-aid to a student; but could not inform parents when a student became pregnant and wanted to have an abortion.
Common Sense lost the will to live as the Ten Commandments became contraband; churches became businesses; and criminals received better treatment than their victims.
Common Sense took a beating when you couldn't defend yourself from a burglar in your own home and the burglar could sue you for assault.
Common Sense finally gave up the will to live, after a woman failed to realize that a steaming cup of coffee was hot. She spilled a little in her lap, and was promptly awarded a huge settlement.
Common Sense was preceded in death by his parents, Truth and Trust; his wife, Discretion; his daughter, Responsibility; and his son, Reason.
He is survived by his 3 stepbrothers; I Know My Rights, Someone Else Is To Blame, and I'm A Victim.
Not many attended his funeral because so few realized he was gone. - Unknown - 251


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