Questions about the brain

"Only the Greatest of all can make Himself small enough to enter Hell. For the higher a thing is, the lower it can descend--a man can sympathise with a horse but a horse cannot sympathise with a rat. Only One has descended into Hell." ~C. S. Lewis, The Great Divorce

This is a concept that has often crossed my mind in a variety of different circumstances since I first read it here. "The higher the thing is, the lower it can descend." Satan certainly exemplifies this. He was the highest created being, until pride grabbed him, and now he is the most evil being in creation. Another example may be found in sex. It was created to be a beautiful and wonderful thing, but few things are more misused in our world today, and the outcome is much pain and suffering.

Most recently, with our play on my mind, I was thinking about this quote in relation to acting ability. Most actors are not actually doctors or scientists or accountants or whatever they are pretending to be, but they still must act like they are, and they must be believable. So, for someone to be a good actor (especially to play many different parts) do they need have an intelligence near (or above) that of the sort of person they are playing? Would a very intelligent person be able to act like a mentally challenged person better than someone with average intelligence? Or, perhaps acting ability and intelligence are only slightly (or not at all) related. I really don't know.

I really wish I knew more about how the brain works. What it is that makes person X great at math while person Y can compose amazing songs and person Z can write stories that move thousands? What causes minds to think differently? Is it genetics? How you were raised? The schooling and training you get? A combination of all of those?

Maybe someday I'll find out. I do know, however, that God did an amazing thing when He created the human brain. So, for now, I'll praise God for making such a variety of people with a variety of gifts and talents.