On Wed, Dec 06, 2006 at 11:38:32PM +0100, Quentin Anciaux wrote: > > Le Mercredi 6 Décembre 2006 19:35, Brent Meeker a écrit : > > Quentin Anciaux wrote: > > ... > > > > > Another thing that puzzles me is that consciousness should be generated > > > by physical (and chemicals which is also "physical") activities of the > > > brain, yet I feel my consciousness (in fact me) is located in the upper > > > front of my skull... Why then neurons located in the back of my brain do > > > not generate conscious feeling ? And if they do participate, why am I > > > located in the front of my brain ? Why this location ? Why only a tiny > > > part of the brain feels conscious activities ? > > > > Because you're not an ancient Greek. They felt their consciousness was > > located in their stomach. > > > > Brent Meeker > > While I'm not, the questionning was serious... While I've never ask where > other people feels they were... I'm there (in upper front of the brain)... Is > my "feelings" not in accordance with yours ? > > Quenton >
I don't feel very pointlike. Rather my consciousness feels distributed over a volume that is usually a substantial fraction of my brain. When meditating my consciousness feels like it expands to fill the room or maybe even larger. What of it? Probably not significant.... -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- A/Prof Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) Mathematics UNSW SYDNEY 2052 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Australia http://www.hpcoders.com.au ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
