Hello everyone >From: "Case" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [MD] Art of Value >Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2007 12:22:46 -0400 > > > > [Dan]: > > Yes it is. I believe the question was: does consciousness survive the > > death of the brain. To the best of my knowledge, no one has yet >identified > > what consciousness is or where (or if) it is located in the brain. Does > > the brain act as a kind of antenna for consciousness? No one knows. If >the > > > brain is indeed the seat of consciousness then when the brain dies, so > > does consciousness. But if the brain acts as an antenna, then perhaps > > consciousness survives in some fashion that we as living beings are >unable > > to comprehend. It is I suppose a mystery that only the dead share. > >[Case] >Brain as antenna? I think Scott Roberts used to go on about this. The brain >clearly does act in some respects like an antenna. We absorb light and >sound >and texture and chemicals and transmute these into conscious states. But >why >would you even suggest that we are antenna picking ups some undetectable >force field from the cosmos? > >The notion of disembodied consciousness is so alien to any kind of human >experience I can only wonder what would the point be? Why would this be at >all relevant to us?
Hi Case Thank you for writing. To tell the truth, I don't remember Scott going on about this. I was responding to the certainty contained in Bok's review of Humphrey's book. I am not a brain expert nor am I an antenna expert but I have heard speculation along the lines that consciousness doesn't reside in the brain. I've re-read what I wrote and I don't see anything about force fields from the cosmos. In light of your outbursts of annoyance I don't see any point in pursuing this matter further. You do seem unduly troubled by my speculations, if you don't mind my saying so. I hope everything is going well for you. Thank you for reading, Dan moq_discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
