Today's freewrite won't be about synesthesia. As I'm finding more of each college's essay topics, I'm realizing I need to write about those too! This is one of the brief essay prompts from Kenyon:
Neuroscientists have recently discovered the part of the brain most active in decision-making. What human trait would you most want to understand, and what makes it significant to you?
I would love to understand the part of the brain that is, essentially, the conscience. We all take about the "moral compass" and that humans "instinctively" know the difference between right and wrong. Many justify the conscience as something that only a Creator could have given us, but I would love understand if there is a part of the brain that tells us what is right and what is wrong. I would think that there is a governing part of the brain that was selected for in evolution, as it would be helpful to humans as we evolved. Humans live more prosperously when we live in groups, dividing different responsibilities and taking care of each other. So traits that helped humans not to kill each other or steal from each other would be beneficial to survival since people would be more likely to work together and make life easier for each other. While the moral compass is quite an amazing thing for the human mind to have and Humanitarianism believes most strongly in the human ability to do good, it would be fascinating to comprehend where in our brain little Jiminy Cricket is sitting and whether that part of the brain could be manipulated or better understood so that we might better be able to help those who are mentally ill and cannot distinguish between right and wrong.
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