Pattern recognition theory of mind - Neocortex has multiple layers of neurons, based on sensory inputs, some of the first layer neurons are triggered, and those that trigger beyond a certain threshold, fire the second layer of neurons, the second layer matches higher-level patterns than the first layer, the higher layer can send a back signal and reduce or increase the triggering threshold of the previous layers. Misunderstanding - A person tries to convey patterns in his neocortex to another person’s neocortex using “language” which itself is a set of patterns in the neocortex, these differences in patterns cause misunderstanding. Feeling happens in both the old and new brain while thinking happens only in the new brain (“neocortex”).