" Well, that is interesting. So where is this 'self' waiting for the brain? Why is there no memory of self before conception? How do you measure its longevity? How long has it been waiting? How does this self without a brain begin to exist? What does it do while it is waiting ?"
These questions are best ( and perhaps more immediately ) answered through one's own effort because they pertain to you, your self, your mind. Why should you require another person to pry open or reveal what is yours, what you are ? On Sep 6, 7:27 pm, Simon Ewins <[email protected]> wrote: > > Think of deep sleep, when the consciousness ( and the self ) as you > > know are absent despite, may I point out, the brain being very there > > and alive. But it ( the mind and the self ) reappears. Is its > > temporary absence ( in deep sleep ) real ? > > They aren't absent, however. > > Measuring brain waves during deep sleep (and even unconsciousness and > some comas) indicates responses to stimuli as diverse as calling the > name of the individual to sticking them with a needle. > > >> You seem to be saying that right now at this moment a brain that will not > >> exist until 200 years from now... currently has its associated self extant > >> now waiting for the brain to come into existence? > > > Indeed. > > Well, that is interesting. So where is this 'self' waiting for the > brain? Why is there no memory of self before conception? How do you > measure its longevity? How long has it been waiting? How does this > self without a brain begin to exist? What does it do while it is > waiting? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
