Abstract

In this chapter, the author explains that the brain explains the concept of “functional decomposition” ‐ how it is a blend of different functional subcomponents, each of which computes its own algorithm to carry out a specialized function. The different subcomponents are wired together by evolution and experience to do important tasks. The human is apprised of only the bare minimum of knowledge about the brain's inner activities. What the human (the conscious agent) gets from the brain is rather like what a driver gets from an electronic dashboard display: information pertaining to the few inner and outer parameters to which his/her gross considered activity can make a useful difference.