Among the stated goals of the research is the understanding of mathematical, electronic, thermodynamic and other factors involved in human intelligence to design technology with similar intelligence.

The DARPA-funded research envisions applying current knowledge from many fields, including biological and engineering elements, to further understand and apply the complex aspects of intelligence.

At first glance, the DARPA project seems to address a primary point of discussion about the nature of human intelligence and human consciousness: Is human awareness simply the sum of complex chemical, electrical and related biological interactions or are there other, less understood factors in play?

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These questions are vigorously debated by professionals and average people. Points raised in the discussions often focus on the metaphysical or transcendent factors that many people feel are part of human consciousness.

Are humans really simply the sum of the biological, chemical and electrical activities in our brains, neurological system and bodies? Or, is there something more?

And what are the advantages or dangers, if any, of interpreting or creating intelligence based on what some people might feel is an incomplete or even inaccurate understanding of constructive intelligence?

According to some researchers, significant and convincing indicators point to transcendent factors of human consciousness. These views might include several aspects of consciousness that could be said to transcend the biological, thermal, chemical and electrical activities of the brain, neurological system and body.

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