> It's kind of subtle, but it feels like my hand somehow knows what I'm searching for, and can recognize it much better than I can. Most brain processes are su

> It's kind of subtle, but it feels like my hand somehow knows what I'm searching for, and can recognize it much better than I can. Most brain processes are subconscious, so if neurons outside the brain perform part of those processes, it should not really matter. Subconscious processes are subconscious, within the brain or not. Anyways, read "On Intelligence" by Jeff Hawkins for a theory of how very fast pattern matching works in the brain. Skin neurons not needed, but can also fit into the theory I think.