You made a good correction in that phrase “But our experience is grounded in the body, and the brain seems to be central to that, although I suspect the body in total is more accurate. “
We tend to locate the person in the brain -- as if I were more present in my brain than my foot. But I am present throughout my whole body as gravity is present throughout the whole earth. On Oct 3, 6:02 am, Molly Brogan <[email protected]> wrote: > As far as the brain goes, does the engine of the car drive the car, or > do you? I suppose we all have our auto pilot, that allows us to move > through our experience with minimal consciousness to it. But our > experience is grounded in the body, and the brain seems to be central > to that, although I suspect the body in total is more accurate. > Individual consciousness contains our total potentiality and > awareness, that includes the body and more. Why? Another question > would be, did we choose life, or did life choose us? Our desire to > continue in live seems to be directly related to our vitality. > > On Oct 3, 8:14 am, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > It's always possible we live in 'Delusionville' rather than as > > conscious, sentient beings. This would explain a lot of problematic > > nastiness like Tony Blair, Margaret Thatcher and the underperformance > > of Warrington Rugby League Football Club. However, as Roger Penrose > > points out, there seems no Earthly reason why evolution should have > > developed consciousness (assuming it has, as there is a potential > > chicken and egg here) as much complex happens other than in what we > > have named consciousness as an emergent property of human brains. > > Neural density is higher in parts of the brain we don't associate with > > consciousness as such an emergent property. After all, evolution > > tends to proceed by killing species off, job presumably done. > > > So 'why' consciousness? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
