She is at Smith College. Go for it On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 5:00 PM, LizR <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 10 December 2014 at 20:00, Richard Ruquist <[email protected]> wrote: > >> That's the slide I meant. The first item has to do with the (mostly ) >> elderly who get serious dementia >> and essentially cannot communicate. They speak nonsense or not at all. >> >> From autopsies after they die their brains are established to be almost >> completely destroyed. >> Yet just before they die, from minutes to a day or two, >> their communication is normal or even sometimes above normal. >> >> This is taken as evidence that consciousness can exist without a brain. >> In fact, during dementia it is thought that the decaying brain just gets >> in the way. >> >> A more remarkable case is that of a HS honor student (130 IQ) who got a >> brain injury in a auto accident. >> The xray of her head revealed that she only has a brain stem- no higher >> order components. >> >> Similarly some people with cranial fluid in place of a brain (except for >> the brain stem) are high functioning. >> Prof. Greyson showed an xray of such a person's head compared to an >> ordinary brain. >> >> This all sounds rather extraordinary, and as they say "extraordinary > claims require extraordinary proof" - I have found in the past that what > looked like compelling evidence for something extraordinary has later been > shown to be not quite as good as it appeared (I should never have read > James Randi on the Cottingley fairies...) > > So, with all due respect, I would like to know if there are peer-reviewed > papers by experts in the relevant fields, which also make these claims? The > IQ 130 student, who is presumably still around to be studied, might be a > good place to start. If she really is what is being claimed that would seem > to be very strong evidence that high-functioning consciousness can exist in > a much reduced brain, and maybe even without one. > > -- > 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. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
