A lot of what I've written is speculative, perhaps only an opinion, but I'm sure, considering what is known about thought, there are a large number of neurologists that would only be able to argue by presenting another opinion.
A neuron can be in a thought sequence, but the beauty is in the way thoughts are co-ordinated, and regulated, and preserved in a way that they can exist on their own, or be a part of any number of associations, where the neuron is part of a number of thought streams simultaneously. Perhaps even in the holographic sense, not only an element in an idea, but with a reflection of the complete idea within it. An association being a thought that can represent any number o...

A lot of what I've written is speculative, perhaps only an opinion, but I'm sure, considering what is known about thought, there are a large number of neurologists that would only be able to argue by presenting another opinion.
A neuron can be in a thought sequence, but the beauty is in the way thoughts are co-ordinated, and regulated, and preserved in a way that they can exist on their own, or be a part of any number of associations, where the neuron is part of a number of thought streams simultaneously. Perhaps even in the holographic sense, not only an element in an idea, but with a reflection of the complete idea within it. An association being a thought that can represent any number of ideas and/or memories at the same time. A memory may draw from a template, where for instance the color red is the section of the brain that deals with vision. as with particular sounds, smells, etc from their respective sections. A memory being built from these elements, perhaps evoked by an association,or a 'reminder' and the possibility that the same basic elements used in any number of thoughts. All built and plugged by a brain that has the ability to ignore some details, fill in gaps, create memories, with the elements as available, and coming up with a reasonable facsimile
Sure they can get A.I. to have a great memory.
But will it be able to come up with a good story when we ask it why it hasn't emptied the garbage?

pokkets, I resonate with the comment there. Neuroscience is an interest of mine, but although it tells me a lot about much it has nothing relevant to say about a lot of what really matters with the the mind and consciousness. There is undoubtedly an ideology characterised by excitement which allows for the most startling leaps of faith and 'understanding' triggered by the constant pulses of neurobiological discovery (which are exciting in their own field). The questions are just pushed a step further back. The proper response is always 'So what?' (and there ARE whats and consequences of specifics that can be listed for each case). But the actual inner experience of mind, some of which is cau...

pokkets, I resonate with the comment there. Neuroscience is an interest of mine, but although it tells me a lot about much it has nothing relevant to say about a lot of what really matters with the the mind and consciousness. There is undoubtedly an ideology characterised by excitement which allows for the most startling leaps of faith and 'understanding' triggered by the constant pulses of neurobiological discovery (which are exciting in their own field). The questions are just pushed a step further back. The proper response is always 'So what?' (and there ARE whats and consequences of specifics that can be listed for each case). But the actual inner experience of mind, some of which is caught in your comment, is in a different realm. Even logically, the correlation between nerve excitation, subneural activity, brain region activity etc. tells us no more than what it tells us which is useful and interesting in its own right, but not philosophically or artistically, not humanly in its quality of actual human life and thought and feeling.