That's an interesting video. But it doesn't attempt to explain
consciousness. So let me try.
First, have you ever had an out of body experience? I have. For a
brief interval when I was about 12 my consciousness was out of my
body; I could even look at my body. Since then I've come across
other's out of body experience descriptions, and their experience was
much like mine. So from all this I conclude that consciousness is not
of the body but in the body. It is something separate from the body
though. Much like energy is separate from the body. So to explain it
is much like explaining where the energy that began this universe came
from - it is one of those "just is" things.
Put differently, if you believe that your consciousness is a
quality produced by the 100 trillion cells of your body, then very
likely you also believe that your TV programs originate within your TV
set. Jim
On Sep 4, 6:48 am, Molly Brogan <[email protected]> wrote:
> How do you explain consciousness?
>
> http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/102
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