I distinguish two types of disjunctive a) the television type, a series of nonsequiturs
based on commerce, and b) an attempt to see a subject from various angles. The
difference is in focus; b) is integrative; a) is not.
The
mythic synaptic spurt, like the number of links has become synonomous in the
mind of many with potency.
Pert
speculates that mind "is the flow of information as it moves among the cells,
organs, and systems of the body."
In
1984, Francis Schmitt described a holistic information network in which messenger
molecules and receptors link brain, body and behavior.
Receptors
are proteins—clustered like colored beads in cellular membranes—vibrating
as they wait to be mounted by the right chemicals.