On Thursday, April 4, 2013 2:05:01 PM UTC-4, Alberto G.Corona wrote: > > Even for materialists: why when the brain is in stress conditions do > appear vivid hallucinations that probably need a high dose of > energy instead of seeing for example a fixed image with "malfunction, we > are on it. please relax" ??? >
Exactly. Although in reality, psychedelic hallucinations appear with decreased brain activity, which is an indication to me that brain activity indicates public facing attention, not consciousness itself. > What I know is that there are a growing number of effects in human > anatomy, behavior and psychology that are contemptuous considered as > genetic drift, side effects, spandrels that really are adaptations. I can > name a lot of them, but I don´t want to distract attention. > > The contempt is only an expression of ignorance, most of the time. > Agree. As long as we continue to view the placebo effect as a disqualification, we are losing the larger understanding of medicine. Craig > > > 2013/4/4 John Clark <[email protected] <javascript:>> > >> Near death experiences are real, they exist, and they are very dull. When >> the brain is deprived of oxygen some people have hallucinations and other >> experiences, and some of which can be pleasurable hence the popularity of >> the dangerous practice of autoerotic asphyxia, taking LSD would be much >> safer. >> >> The thing that makes NDE so dull is that "N" stands for "near". Die and >> decay in your grave for a couple of years and then come back and tell me >> what it was like, now THAT would be interesting. >> >> John K Clark >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Everything List" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]<javascript:> >> . >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > > > > -- > Alberto. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
