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Conscious

Conscious

1. Aware; having present knowledge or perception of oneself, one's acts and surroundings.

2. Denoting something occurring with the perceptive attention of the individual, as a conscious act or idea, distinguished from automatic or instinctive.

Origin: L. Conscius, knowing


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Am I the Next Step in Human Evolution?

... Those who are economically challenged tend to have many children - its an attempt to "evolve" out of their difficulty. It's not a conscious decision, but I think its in the DNA. My great grandfather came from an economically depressed region, he had 9 children. They were more economically ...

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by Rap
Sun Sep 16, 2012 7:44 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Am I the Next Step in Human Evolution?
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Re: Theories - Origin of Life

... of living beings. Like inside an egg a first cell has passed through several shapes. The final shape of the contents of a fertilized human egg has consciousnesses, but it appears as the last shape, maybe after the birth, ex-machine in relation to the egg. In the whole history of this egg never ...

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by TheMatrixDNA
Fri Aug 03, 2012 11:35 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Theories - Origin of Life
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Re: how to know a muscle is contracting or relaxing

... requested. We learn these movements as children, and unless we have a brain injury requiring relearning, we will remember without having to think consciously how to do it for our whole lives. When we are unconscious, most skeletal muscles relax. Thus a person who is knocked out, or faints, falls ...

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by Wallyanna
Wed May 09, 2012 10:07 am
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: how to know a muscle is contracting or relaxing
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Views: 884

Re: Exercise

... it was designed for. Many different kinds of illness can affect the health of the heart. Persons who exercise are likely to also be more health conscious in other ways. Exercise plus good diet, adequate rest, avoidance of unhealthy practices like drugs, alcohol, too many unneeded medications, ...

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by Wallyanna
Tue May 08, 2012 8:06 pm
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Exercise
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help match biology

... visual interpretation; impulses are from rods and cones Involuntary control of heart rate, breathing rate, blood pressure, and swallowing Conscious control; thinking, creative thought, emotions, interpretation of sense receptors impulses (eyes, ears, skin) Of the cerebrum conscious thought, ...

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by mkshawty
Wed Apr 25, 2012 11:30 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: help match biology
Replies: 1
Views: 1355
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