The-Schnell

"Can a clock feel its gears or does it simply know that it ticks?" I don't remember the exact context of the dream, but I think I was discussing what it means to be self aware and/or the ghost in the machine aspect of self as it relates to the firing of neurons. I'm fairly certain I was talking to a bear. I've often held the belief that you don't need to know how something works to operate it; like a car or a computer, there are people who have no idea how an internal combustion engine functions, but manage to operate a car with no difficulty. There are obvious advantages to understanding how something functions in addition to it's operati