> Obviously the state of our current surroundings and past histories determines the state of our brain and body (down to the firing of the very last neuron). T

> Obviously the state of our current surroundings and past histories determines the state of our brain and body (down to the firing of the very last neuron). That's why I only said "current surrounding and context", I didn't include past histories. Look at the machine-state example, it makes things more clear.