The Laurel and Hardy Theory of Consciousness by Colin Wilson..SYNOPSIS: Despite research on the brain, the mystery of the mind remains, since modern science refuses to formally address the problem of consciousness. "The human brain has two halves that are almost identical and the question of why this should be remains unsolved." Colin Wilson likens these halves - left and right hemispheres - to a Laurel & Hardy relationship,
a classic interaction in which one takes its cue from the other. But trouble arises when there is a failure of cooperation; then it seems as if the brain contains separate selves. What is important is not dominance or a comic assertion for independence but a new understanding of individual function: how conscious effort of control, or cooperation, based upon a change of attitude, can "bring about immediate changes in the quality of human consciousness." The Laurel & Hardy Theory of Consciousness deftly explores the enigma of the mind and renders rare insight into one of the great questions of modern times.
