The Cognitive Map
In this video, Richard introduces an article about the cognitive map. This is a term given to the mechanism by which the brain draws a map of how the things around us are related to ourselves and how they are related to each other, thus creating an image of our physical environment. We now know that brain function is extremely complex, and yet at this stage have only scraped the surface of our understaning. We can however be certain that these mechanisms are irreducibly complex, i.e. would need to be fully in place before performing any useful function. This can only be yet more evidence that life is the product of intelligent design, rather than a random evolutionary process.