THE COMPUTER ANALOGY
by Lawrence Wilson, MD
© March 2011,
The Center For Development
A rough analogy to help people
understand nutritional balancing science is to compare it to fixing an electronic
device like a computer.
THE INFORMATION ANALOGY
The basis of this analogy is
that a computer must input information, must then process, store and retrieve
that information, and then it must spit out or output information. That is essentially what any electronic
device does. We could view healing
the body as a subset of this idea, as follows.
Input
devices. On a person, these include the mouth,
the teeth, the esophagus, stomach, and intestines. It also includes the lungs and bronchial tubes. It also includes other types of input
devices such as the ears, eyes, nose, and sense of touch. All of these must function perfectly to
absorb what the body needs.
Processing
and memory. The
body or Òliving machineÓ must then process, store, retrieve and process the
information some more. A general
term for this phase of machine operation in the human being is metabolism. However, this is broken down many ways,
for example, into catabolism (breaking the information apart into smaller bits), and anabolism
(building up little bits into larger wholes). These take place continually in various areas of the human
machine in a vast array of manners, facilitated by enzymes, which are like transistors. Some of these depend on minerals that
are facilitators, meaning they speed up the transmission of the
information, while other minerals like cadmium, lead and fluoride are inhibitory, slowing
down the transmission of the information.
Memory.
Similar to a
computer, the human machine has many types of memory. They include shorter-term, longer-term,
fast-access memory, RAM or random access, and perhaps others.
Internal
and external communication systems. Like a computer, the whole
system is connected by means of wires, which also vary in type. Some must transmit at high speed,
(reflexes), while others must carrier higher voltages or amperage and are thus
of a different design and nature.
Also, like the modern computers,
communication is not just via wires.
The machine is equipped with more sophisticated wireless connections,
and perhaps other methods that are more suited for some needs. These are analogous to other
communication systems within our bodies such as the hormonal system and perhaps
vibratory, meridian systems or others of which we still know little.
Output. Finally, it must output some information, which is not only
the eliminative systems of the body, but the expressive systems like movement,
speech, and even some thinking that turns to expression.
Software
(easily changed aspects) and hardware (aspects that are immutable or difficult
to alter). Hardware might be
like the DNA or genetic code of a person.
Software or programs might include the minerals in the foods, the type
of water one drinks, oneÕs thoughts or emotions, oneÕs knowledge, or other
input that is fairly easily changed out or switched. Of all of these, I am told that the minerals are the most
basic and among the most powerful programs in our bodies.
This
means change your minerals and you change your output and your health.
Others.
Temperature
regulation. Machines often have systems to
regulate their temperature, since they will not function well when they run too
hot or too cold, and can be severely damaged. This is similar to our skin, sweating, shivering and other
heat regulation mechanisms in each cell.
Self-diagnosis
and repair. Some
sophisticated machines today, even our automobiles and computers, have quite
sophisticated self-assessment and repair systems. These might be likened to the immune system and others in a
person that help discover problem areas and fix them quickly by recalibrating
the system, or requesting a maintenance check and even ordering new parts.
Movement, similar to our muscles, to
transport or move the machine around.
Specifications.
All machines
and humans have specifications they must meet and maintain. If they do not, they quickly break down
and malfunction. Hair analysis
ideal readings give us some of these specifications, for example, as do blood
and all tests.
Reproduction. This sounds odd, but some day our machines may even include
systems to reproduce themselves.
Machine
personality. Machines actually
have sort-of human like quirks or qualities that are somewhat like a
personality. For example, pickup
truck ride rough, donÕt have the power of muscle cars, but have heavy
suspensions to handle heavy loads.
This might be called their ÒpersonalityÓ. Some computers run at amazing speeds, but are somewhat
unstable and prone to crashing.
This is the ÒpersonalityÓ of this particular machine. It sounds like a fast oxidation rate in
a human being.
HAIR MINERAL ANALYSIS, BLOOD WORK, X-RAYS, ETC.
These
are all readouts or ways to monitor the machine, similar to diagnostic
printouts that many computers, printers and other electronic machines generate
for their users. This is an
excellent way to understand hair mineral analysis, in particular, because it is
a very sophisticated readout of a human body that includes information on a
physical, chemical, biological, mental, emotional and spiritual levels all at
once.
By
the way, machines also have many of these levels and engineers must actually
monitor and design them properly so they will not conflict with each
other. For example, physical
machines must operate at the correct temperature, air pressure and other
physical conditions. The metal
parts must not corrode too fast or be subject to any chemical damage, or be
protected from it. Of course, the
electrical system (wires, etc.) must work properly, too. Wireless or vibratory levels of
functioning must also work well, and all these systems must be integrated so
that one does not conflict with another.
For example, it will not do for a power transformer that emits a strong
electromagnetic field to conflict with a wireless signal, or for it to generate
so much heat that if placed near another component it will damage it.
The
human machine is actually similar.
All levels of functioning must coordinate and integrate, or there will
be serious illness in the body.
This means the food, the water, the electrical balance of the cells, the
physical qualities such as heat, cold, oxidation rate, yin and yang, and more
must all be integrated.
Nutritional balancing is one of very few healing systems that seek to do
this consciously and simply in every single case. It is one of the secrets of its success.
PROBLEMS WITH THE CURRENT MEDICAL MODEL IN THIS ANALOGY
Fragmentation
– lack of a total systems approach. Problems with the allopathic
medical system could be compared to just dealing with one aspect of the computer,
such as an output device like a printer – analogous to perhaps
constipation which is an inability to get certain things out of the body. However, any computer geek knows that
when a printer malfunctions, the problem might be in the printer itself, but it
could actually be in any number of the systems of the machine, such as the
processor, memory, switching, or even an input problem that is conflicting or
confusing the system.
Superficiality
- simple remedies are not enough. Computer
scientists also know that while a quick fix sometimes works for a simple
problem, often one must take a long-term systems approach to correcting
computer difficulties and make sure all the systems are working, since a hidden
computer virus could be affecting any part of the machine, which in turn is
causing an effect at a distance – meaning somewhere else in the
machine. Once again, allopathic
medicine is just too simplistic in many cases, thinking that stomach problems just
require a stomach remedy, and so on, when really much more is required.
Toxicity
– dangerous interventions that are often not even needed. Another problem of allopathic
medicine is the overuse of toxic substances. This would be like introducing new and untested programs to
fix old broken ones, rather than remove the bad program. It might even include introducing
computer viruses, or even hitting the computer to fix it.
The better way is to carefully
dissect the problem, cleaning and oiling the hard drive and other mechanical
parts, and attempting to restore and return the machine to perfect working
order as it was when it came from the factory. This is the nutritional balancing approach to disease.
This analogy may help some
people understand why we use a systems approach to healing that really is an
informational model. It may also
help us to design better products and procedures to restore the human machine,
an amazing living information transforming device.
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