Discovering the Success Mechanism Within You

IT may seem strange, but it is nevertheless true that up
until ten years ago scientists had no idea of just how the
human brain and nervous system worked "purposely" or
to achieve a goal. They knew what happened from having
made long and meticulous observations. But no single
theory of underlying principles tied all these phenomena
together into a concept that made sense. R. W. Gerard,
writing in Scientific Monthly in June, 1946, on the brain
and imagination, stated that it was sad but true that most
of our understanding of the mind would remain as valid
and useful if, for all we knew, the cranium were stuffed
with cotton wadding.
However, when man himself set out to build an "electronic
brain," and to construct goal-striving mechanisms
of his own, he had to discover and utilize certain basic
principles. Having discovered them, these scientists began
to ask themselves: Could this be the way that the human
brain works also? Could it be that in making man, our
Creator provided us with a servo-mechanism more
marvelous and wonderful than any electronic brain or
guidance system ever dreamed of by man, but operating
according to the same basic principles? In the opinion of
famous Cybernetic scientists like Dr. Norbert Wiener, Dr.
John von Newmann, and others, the answer was an unqualified
"yes."