Re: That the mind works even after the brain ceases to function suggests its ...

2013-05-29 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 28 May 2013, at 19:27, Richard Ruquist wrote: Bruno, In my model which you have already said is not comp, all the computational histories happen in a mindspace and only one of them become physical. Yes, that is what makes it into a non-comp theory, a bit like Bohm's hidden variable

Re: That the mind works even after the brain ceases to function suggests its ...

2013-05-28 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 27 May 2013, at 20:44, Richard Ruquist wrote: Bruno, With MWI are some universes less probable than others. Only relatively to some state, some computational histories are less probable. It is open if there is a more stringer notion of probable universe. Actually it is an open

Re: That the mind works even after the brain ceases to function suggests its ...

2013-05-28 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 28 May 2013, at 01:42, spudboy...@aol.com wrote: In a way, professor, Marchal, you seem to be on the side of Stephen Wolfram, who once wrote about there being no need to ever do SETI, because, if we wanted to know advanced Extra Terrestrial technologies, it would be far, simpler to

Re: That the mind works even after the brain ceases to function suggests its ...

2013-05-27 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 26 May 2013, at 20:23, meekerdb wrote: On 5/26/2013 1:18 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 26 May 2013, at 04:00, meekerdb wrote: Whether or not it is recorded or extractable in this universe is immaterial. If the universe is infinitely large or infinitely varied, we each reappear an

Re: That the mind works even after the brain ceases to function suggests its ...

2013-05-27 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 27 May 2013, at 05:05, spudboy...@aol.com wrote: Understood, Jason. I became familiar with this digital universe concept, first, through Hans Moravec, in Mind Children. I wonder how possible it is to discover that we are part of an ancestor simulation? By reasoning, taking the FPI

Re: That the mind works even after the brain ceases to function suggests its ...

2013-05-27 Thread meekerdb
On 5/27/2013 1:01 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 26 May 2013, at 20:23, meekerdb wrote: On 5/26/2013 1:18 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 26 May 2013, at 04:00, meekerdb wrote: Whether or not it is recorded or extractable in this universe is immaterial. If the universe is infinitely

Re: That the mind works even after the brain ceases to function suggests its ...

2013-05-27 Thread Quentin Anciaux
2013/5/27 meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net On 5/27/2013 1:01 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 26 May 2013, at 20:23, meekerdb wrote: On 5/26/2013 1:18 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 26 May 2013, at 04:00, meekerdb wrote: Whether or not it is recorded or extractable in this universe is

Re: That the mind works even after the brain ceases to function suggests its ...

2013-05-27 Thread meekerdb
On 5/27/2013 10:19 AM, Quentin Anciaux wrote: 2013/5/27 meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net mailto:meeke...@verizon.net On 5/27/2013 1:01 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 26 May 2013, at 20:23, meekerdb wrote: On 5/26/2013 1:18 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 26 May 2013, at 04:00,

Re: That the mind works even after the brain ceases to function suggests its ...

2013-05-27 Thread Quentin Anciaux
2013/5/27 meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net On 5/27/2013 10:19 AM, Quentin Anciaux wrote: 2013/5/27 meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net On 5/27/2013 1:01 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 26 May 2013, at 20:23, meekerdb wrote: On 5/26/2013 1:18 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 26 May 2013, at

Re: That the mind works even after the brain ceases to function suggests its ...

2013-05-27 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 27 May 2013, at 19:10, meekerdb wrote: On 5/27/2013 1:01 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 26 May 2013, at 20:23, meekerdb wrote: On 5/26/2013 1:18 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 26 May 2013, at 04:00, meekerdb wrote: Whether or not it is recorded or extractable in this universe is

Re: That the mind works even after the brain ceases to function suggests its ...

2013-05-27 Thread Richard Ruquist
Bruno, With MWI are some universes less probable than others. I have difficulty understanding how a universe can be statistical. I think I understand the frequency argument. But that does not make sense either. Richard On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 2:36 PM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On

Re: That the mind works even after the brain ceases to function suggests its ...

2013-05-27 Thread meekerdb
On 5/27/2013 11:16 AM, Quentin Anciaux wrote: 2013/5/27 meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net mailto:meeke...@verizon.net On 5/27/2013 10:19 AM, Quentin Anciaux wrote: 2013/5/27 meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net mailto:meeke...@verizon.net On 5/27/2013 1:01 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote:

Re: That the mind works even after the brain ceases to function suggests its ...

2013-05-27 Thread spudboy100
In a way, professor, Marchal, you seem to be on the side of Stephen Wolfram, who once wrote about there being no need to ever do SETI, because, if we wanted to know advanced Extra Terrestrial technologies, it would be far, simpler to generate algorythems (sp) that contain these unknown

Re: That the mind works even after the brain ceases to function suggests its ...

2013-05-27 Thread Russell Standish
On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 07:42:11PM -0400, spudboy...@aol.com wrote: In a way, professor, Marchal, you seem to be on the side of Stephen Wolfram, who once wrote about there being no need to ever do SETI, because, if we wanted to know advanced Extra Terrestrial technologies, it would be far,

Re: That the mind works even after the brain ceases to function suggests its ...

2013-05-26 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 26 May 2013, at 04:00, meekerdb wrote: Whether or not it is recorded or extractable in this universe is immaterial. If the universe is infinitely large or infinitely varied, we each reappear an infinite number of times. There are a countably infinite number of programs, and for any

Re: That the mind works even after the brain ceases to function suggests its ...

2013-05-26 Thread meekerdb
On 5/26/2013 1:18 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 26 May 2013, at 04:00, meekerdb wrote: Whether or not it is recorded or extractable in this universe is immaterial. If the universe is infinitely large or infinitely varied, we each reappear an infinite number of times. There are

Re: That the mind works even after the brain ceases to function suggests its ...

2013-05-26 Thread spudboy100
Understood, Jason. I became familiar with this digital universe concept, first, through Hans Moravec, in Mind Children. I wonder how possible it is to discover that we are part of an ancestor simulation? -Original Message- From: meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net To: everything-list

Re: That the mind works even after the brain ceases to function suggests its ...

2013-05-26 Thread Jason Resch
On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 10:05 PM, spudboy...@aol.com wrote: Understood, Jason. I became familiar with this digital universe concept, first, through Hans Moravec, in Mind Children. I wonder how possible it is to discover that we are part of an ancestor simulation? If computationalism is true

Re: That the mind works even after the brain ceases to function suggests its ...

2013-05-25 Thread Jason Resch
On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 10:35 AM, spudboy...@aol.com wrote: Interesting Jason, My issue with the multi-generated clones created either by the actions of a multiverse or the actions of hypercomputers, my concern is that, its such a waste (in my opinion) that a Jason who belongs to an

Re: That the mind works even after the brain ceases to function suggests its ...

2013-05-25 Thread meekerdb
On 5/25/2013 11:03 AM, Jason Resch wrote: On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 10:35 AM, spudboy...@aol.com mailto:spudboy...@aol.com wrote: Interesting Jason, My issue with the multi-generated clones created either by the actions of a multiverse or the actions of hypercomputers, my concern

Re: That the mind works even after the brain ceases to function suggests its ...

2013-05-24 Thread smitra
Citeren meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net: On 5/23/2013 5:20 PM, smi...@zonnet.nl wrote: Citeren meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net: On 5/23/2013 12:51 PM, Quentin Anciaux wrote: 2013/5/23 meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net mailto:meeke...@verizon.net On 5/23/2013 11:27 AM, Quentin Anciaux wrote:

Re: That the mind works even after the brain ceases to function suggests its ...

2013-05-24 Thread smitra
Citeren meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net: On 5/23/2013 4:31 PM, smi...@zonnet.nl wrote: Citeren meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net: On 5/23/2013 7:07 AM, smi...@zonnet.nl wrote: Citeren Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be: On 23 May 2013, at 00:05, meekerdb wrote: On 5/22/2013 2:49 PM,

Re: That the mind works even after the brain ceases to function suggests its ...

2013-05-24 Thread smitra
Citeren meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net: On 5/23/2013 4:31 PM, smi...@zonnet.nl wrote: Citeren meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net: On 5/23/2013 7:07 AM, smi...@zonnet.nl wrote: Citeren Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be: On 23 May 2013, at 00:05, meekerdb wrote: On 5/22/2013 2:49 PM,

Re: That the mind works even after the brain ceases to function suggests its ...

2013-05-24 Thread spudboy100
Brent's observation, that Vilenkin and Gaurriga's indicate that their eternal inflation (Guth and Linde too?) being limited, says that the MWI versions of our universe something like 10^90, or was it 10^150 in Vilenkin's Many World's ( book 2006, Vilenkin used both exponentials). That is a

Re: That the mind works even after the brain ceases to function suggests its ...

2013-05-24 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 24 May 2013, at 02:20, smi...@zonnet.nl wrote: Citeren meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net: On 5/23/2013 12:51 PM, Quentin Anciaux wrote: 2013/5/23 meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net mailto:meeke...@verizon.net On 5/23/2013 11:27 AM, Quentin Anciaux wrote: 2013/5/23 meekerdb

Re: That the mind works even after the brain ceases to function suggests its ...

2013-05-23 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 23 May 2013, at 00:05, meekerdb wrote: On 5/22/2013 2:49 PM, smi...@zonnet.nl wrote: Thought experiment: Suppose that someone has never experienced touching hot objects before. As long as this person does not find out that touching hot objects is painful, either by touching hot

Re: That the mind works even after the brain ceases to function suggests its ...

2013-05-23 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 23 May 2013, at 01:37, Russell Standish wrote: On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 05:15:45PM -0400, John Mikes wrote: Russell: if I may I inject some remarks ([?])into your post-text John M [?] Done on a LIVING person. Your NDE maye true, maybe not. [?] and what on earth has that to do with

Re: That the mind works even after the brain ceases to function suggests its ...

2013-05-23 Thread smitra
Citeren Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be: On 23 May 2013, at 00:05, meekerdb wrote: On 5/22/2013 2:49 PM, smi...@zonnet.nl wrote: Thought experiment: Suppose that someone has never experienced touching hot objects before. As long as this person does not find out that touching hot objects

Re: That the mind works even after the brain ceases to function suggests its ...

2013-05-23 Thread Jason Resch
On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 4:57 PM, spudboy...@aol.com wrote: ** So, Jason,by this reasoning, a sufficiently advanced technology, then, in indistinguisable from Resurrection. If used for such purposes. Even if technology is not used for the explicit purpose of resurrection, say it is only used

Re: That the mind works even after the brain ceases to function suggests its ...

2013-05-23 Thread spudboy100
Interesting Jason, My issue with the multi-generated clones created either by the actions of a multiverse or the actions of hypercomputers, my concern is that, its such a waste (in my opinion) that a Jason who belongs to an identical Earth, but humans all have elephant tricks instead of

Re: That the mind works even after the brain ceases to function suggests its ...

2013-05-23 Thread meekerdb
On 5/23/2013 7:07 AM, smi...@zonnet.nl wrote: Citeren Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be: On 23 May 2013, at 00:05, meekerdb wrote: On 5/22/2013 2:49 PM, smi...@zonnet.nl wrote: Thought experiment: Suppose that someone has never experienced touching hot objects before. As long as this person

Re: That the mind works even after the brain ceases to function suggests its ...

2013-05-23 Thread meekerdb
On 5/23/2013 11:27 AM, Quentin Anciaux wrote: 2013/5/23 meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net mailto:meeke...@verizon.net On 5/23/2013 7:07 AM, smi...@zonnet.nl mailto:smi...@zonnet.nl wrote: Citeren Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be mailto:marc...@ulb.ac.be: On 23 May 2013,

Re: That the mind works even after the brain ceases to function suggests its ...

2013-05-23 Thread Quentin Anciaux
2013/5/23 meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net On 5/23/2013 11:27 AM, Quentin Anciaux wrote: 2013/5/23 meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net On 5/23/2013 7:07 AM, smi...@zonnet.nl wrote: Citeren Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be: On 23 May 2013, at 00:05, meekerdb wrote: On 5/22/2013 2:49 PM,

Re: That the mind works even after the brain ceases to function suggests its ...

2013-05-23 Thread meekerdb
On 5/23/2013 12:51 PM, Quentin Anciaux wrote: 2013/5/23 meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net mailto:meeke...@verizon.net On 5/23/2013 11:27 AM, Quentin Anciaux wrote: 2013/5/23 meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net mailto:meeke...@verizon.net On 5/23/2013 7:07 AM, smi...@zonnet.nl

Re: That the mind works even after the brain ceases to function suggests its ...

2013-05-23 Thread smitra
Citeren meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net: On 5/23/2013 7:07 AM, smi...@zonnet.nl wrote: Citeren Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be: On 23 May 2013, at 00:05, meekerdb wrote: On 5/22/2013 2:49 PM, smi...@zonnet.nl wrote: Thought experiment: Suppose that someone has never experienced touching

Re: That the mind works even after the brain ceases to function suggests its ...

2013-05-23 Thread smitra
Citeren meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net: On 5/23/2013 12:51 PM, Quentin Anciaux wrote: 2013/5/23 meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net mailto:meeke...@verizon.net On 5/23/2013 11:27 AM, Quentin Anciaux wrote: 2013/5/23 meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net mailto:meeke...@verizon.net On

Re: That the mind works even after the brain ceases to function suggests its ...

2013-05-23 Thread meekerdb
On 5/23/2013 5:20 PM, smi...@zonnet.nl wrote: Citeren meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net: On 5/23/2013 12:51 PM, Quentin Anciaux wrote: 2013/5/23 meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net mailto:meeke...@verizon.net On 5/23/2013 11:27 AM, Quentin Anciaux wrote: 2013/5/23 meekerdb

Re: That the mind works even after the brain ceases to function suggests its ...

2013-05-23 Thread meekerdb
On 5/23/2013 4:31 PM, smi...@zonnet.nl wrote: Citeren meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net: On 5/23/2013 7:07 AM, smi...@zonnet.nl wrote: Citeren Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be: On 23 May 2013, at 00:05, meekerdb wrote: On 5/22/2013 2:49 PM, smi...@zonnet.nl wrote: Thought experiment: Suppose

Re: That the mind works even after the brain ceases to function suggests its ...

2013-05-22 Thread John Mikes
And HOW do you know all that? On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 6:13 PM, smi...@zonnet.nl wrote: If you feel pain then that feeling is directly related to the deaths of the creatures who didn't become your ancestors because of a lack of feeling for that same pain. So, you are actually experiencing the

Re: That the mind works even after the brain ceases to function suggests its ...

2013-05-22 Thread John Mikes
Russell: if I may I inject some remarks ([?])into your post-text John M On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 9:01 PM, Russell Standish li...@hpcoders.com.auwrote: My guess is that his primary concern is to develop the medical technology to resuscitate patients in critical conditions - ie by lowering the

Re: That the mind works even after the brain ceases to function suggests its ...

2013-05-22 Thread smitra
Thought experiment: Suppose that someone has never experienced touching hot objects before. As long as this person does not find out that touching hot objects is painful, either by touching hot objects himself or by being told that it is painful, he will be in a superposition of two sectors of

Re: That the mind works even after the brain ceases to function suggests its ...

2013-05-22 Thread meekerdb
On 5/22/2013 2:49 PM, smi...@zonnet.nl wrote: Thought experiment: Suppose that someone has never experienced touching hot objects before. As long as this person does not find out that touching hot objects is painful, either by touching hot objects himself or by being told that it is painful, he

Re: That the mind works even after the brain ceases to function suggests its ...

2013-05-22 Thread Russell Standish
On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 05:15:45PM -0400, John Mikes wrote: Russell: if I may I inject some remarks ([?])into your post-text John M [?] Done on a LIVING person. Your NDE maye true, maybe not. [?] and what on earth has that to do with NDE? Did th experimentor revive the dead patient

Re: That the mind works even after the brain ceases to function suggests its ...

2013-05-21 Thread John Mikes
Russell and Richard: do you indeed MEAN those conditions recalled after crises as NEAR DEATH? Who knows what DEATH feels like? (- if it feels at all). Death is a-temporal in the sense we use it, also a-spatial, so nothing can be near it in either sense. The dissolution of the 'living' complexity

Re: That the mind works even after the brain ceases to function suggests its ...

2013-05-21 Thread Richard Ruquist
Indeed I have had such an experience with a deceased person. Richard On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 4:14 PM, John Mikes jami...@gmail.com wrote: Russell and Richard: do you indeed MEAN those conditions recalled after crises as NEAR DEATH? Who knows what DEATH feels like? (- if it feels at all).

Re: That the mind works even after the brain ceases to function suggests its ...

2013-05-21 Thread smitra
If you feel pain then that feeling is directly related to the deaths of the creatures who didn't become your ancestors because of a lack of feeling for that same pain. So, you are actually experiencing the deaths of these creatures. Saibal Citeren John Mikes jami...@gmail.com: Russell and

Re: That the mind works even after the brain ceases to function suggests its ...

2013-05-20 Thread spudboy100
You could be correct that Parnia's study is buried in double-talk. Usually if scientists reach a dead-end, during testing they abandon the thesis. If what he is doing, is little more, then looking for unicorns, then yes, its a dead end (pun?) and we will see in November. -Original

Re: That the mind works even after the brain ceases to function suggests its ...

2013-05-20 Thread Russell Standish
My guess is that his primary concern is to develop the medical technology to resuscitate patients in critical conditions - ie by lowering the temperatue of the brain to prevent irreversible brain damage whilst allowing sufficient time for the heart damage to be repaired, etc. This is all a

Re: That the mind works even after the brain ceases to function suggests its independence

2013-05-19 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 18 May 2013, at 19:08, Johnathan Corgan wrote: On Sat, May 18, 2013 at 4:23 AM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 17 May 2013, at 22:52, Johnathan Corgan wrote: A common occurrence reported by users of Salvia Divinorum is that of having lived an entire alternate life in the

Re: That the mind works even after the brain ceases to function suggests its independence

2013-05-19 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 18 May 2013, at 13:31, Alberto G. Corona wrote: Why people do not include the original link in their mails is something I can not understand This is the article where the text was extracted: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/?p=155740 The most interesting thing is at the end: It

Re: That the mind works even after the brain ceases to function suggests its independence

2013-05-19 Thread John Clark
On Fri, May 17, 2013 Roger Clough rclo...@verizon.net wrote: The documented fact that people have had near death experiences after death [...] Huh? If its after death then they are not nearly dead they are completely dead. The fact that sometimes the brain generates hallucinations when it

Re: That the mind works even after the brain ceases to function suggests its ...

2013-05-19 Thread Spudboy100
In a message dated 5/17/2013 6:02:03 AM Eastern Daylight Time, li...@hpcoders.com.au writes: Where's your evidence of this happening? You're not just claiming that people have been resuscitated from a brain dead state, but that they are conscious as well. Reliable evidence of this would be

Re: That the mind works even after the brain ceases to function suggests its ...

2013-05-19 Thread meekerdb
On 5/19/2013 3:06 PM, spudboy...@aol.com wrote: What the study does incurr in the AWARE study, is the method of planting messages in emergency rooms in obscure places, to see if the patient is able to detect the message? If some do, then there are two options. One is chicanery on the part of

Re: That the mind works even after the brain ceases to function suggests its ...

2013-05-19 Thread Spudboy100
In a message dated 5/19/2013 1:36:06 PM Eastern Daylight Time, johnkcl...@gmail.com writes: It's odd that, although it should be easy to show if it exists, it has never been conclusively demonstrated that while out of the body anybody has gained any information about anything that they

Re: That the mind works even after the brain ceases to function suggests its ...

2013-05-19 Thread Spudboy100
In a message dated 5/19/2013 6:19:29 PM Eastern Daylight Time, meeke...@verizon.net writes: Since the study has been going on five years, and there has been no leak of a positive result, I expect that there are no positive results to report. I find it hard to imagine that an amazing

Re: That the mind works even after the brain ceases to function suggests its ...

2013-05-19 Thread meekerdb
On 5/19/2013 3:41 PM, spudboy...@aol.com wrote: In a message dated 5/19/2013 6:19:29 PM Eastern Daylight Time, meeke...@verizon.net writes: Since the study has been going on five years, and there has been no leak of a positive result, I expect that there are no positive results to

Re: That the mind works even after the brain ceases to function suggests its independence

2013-05-18 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 17 May 2013, at 17:33, Quentin Anciaux wrote: 2013/5/17 Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be On 17 May 2013, at 12:07, Russell Standish wrote: On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 05:39:50AM -0400, Roger Clough wrote: Hi Art Funkhouser The documented fact that people have had near death experiences

Re: That the mind works even after the brain ceases to function suggests its independence

2013-05-18 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 17 May 2013, at 22:52, Johnathan Corgan wrote: On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 7:45 AM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: Salvia and DMT seem to have NDE like effects A common occurrence reported by users of Salvia Divinorum is that of having lived an entire alternate life in the few

Re: That the mind works even after the brain ceases to function suggests its independence

2013-05-18 Thread Alberto G. Corona
Why people do not include the original link in their mails is something I can not understand This is the article where the text was extracted: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/?p=155740 The most interesting thing is at the end: It reports a pacient resucitated after 40 minutes from a cooling

Re: That the mind works even after the brain ceases to function suggests its ...

2013-05-18 Thread spudboy100
Hello, Good point, but it depends on your level of expectation. If you demand a 5-star hotel, even though, all that can be afforded is a 3-star, then we have to do the best we can with what we've got, perhaps until things get better? But most people do ok with three-star, come to think of it.

Re: That the mind works even after the brain ceases to function suggests its independence

2013-05-18 Thread Johnathan Corgan
On Sat, May 18, 2013 at 4:23 AM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 17 May 2013, at 22:52, Johnathan Corgan wrote: A common occurrence reported by users of Salvia Divinorum is that of having lived an entire alternate life in the few minutes of intoxication, and even being surprised

Re: That the mind works even after the brain ceases to function suggests its independence

2013-05-18 Thread meekerdb
On 5/18/2013 4:31 AM, Alberto G. Corona wrote: traditional wishdom A freudian typo? Brent -- 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

Re: That the mind works even after the brain ceases to function suggests its independence

2013-05-18 Thread Alberto G. Corona
A typo like many others In my side ;) What is embarrassing for me is that I´m incapable to see them even if I check the writing. I beg your pardon. 2013/5/18 meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net On 5/18/2013 4:31 AM, Alberto G. Corona wrote: traditional wishdom A freudian typo? Brent --

Re: That the mind works even after the brain ceases to function suggests its independence

2013-05-18 Thread meekerdb
On 5/18/2013 12:33 PM, Alberto G. Corona wrote: A typo like many others In my side ;) What is embarrassing for me is that I´m incapable to see them even if I check the writing. I beg your pardon. No need for pardon. I think it's an excellent neologism with broad application. wishdom: n.

Re: That the mind works even after the brain ceases to function suggests its independence

2013-05-17 Thread Russell Standish
On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 05:39:50AM -0400, Roger Clough wrote: Hi Art Funkhouser The documented fact that people have had near death experiences after death, after electrical activity in the brain ceases suggests to me at least that the mind does not need the brain to function.

Re: That the mind works even after the brain ceases to function suggests its independence

2013-05-17 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 17 May 2013, at 12:07, Russell Standish wrote: On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 05:39:50AM -0400, Roger Clough wrote: Hi Art Funkhouser The documented fact that people have had near death experiences after death, after electrical activity in the brain ceases suggests to me at least that the mind

Re: That the mind works even after the brain ceases to function suggests its independence

2013-05-17 Thread Quentin Anciaux
2013/5/17 Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be On 17 May 2013, at 12:07, Russell Standish wrote: On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 05:39:50AM -0400, Roger Clough wrote: Hi Art Funkhouser The documented fact that people have had near death experiences after death, after electrical activity in the

Re: That the mind works even after the brain ceases to function suggests its independence

2013-05-17 Thread meekerdb
On 5/17/2013 2:39 AM, Roger Clough wrote: The documented fact that people have had near death experiences after death, after electrical activity in the brain ceases There are no such documented facts. First, EKG's used to monitor brain activity cannot detect neural activity deep in the

Re: That the mind works even after the brain ceases to function suggests its independence

2013-05-17 Thread Jason Resch
On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 12:03 PM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 5/17/2013 2:39 AM, Roger Clough wrote: The documented fact that people have had near death experiences after death, after electrical activity in the brain ceases There are no such documented facts. First, EKG's

Re: That the mind works even after the brain ceases to function suggests its independence

2013-05-17 Thread Johnathan Corgan
On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 7:45 AM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: Salvia and DMT seem to have NDE like effects A common occurrence reported by users of Salvia Divinorum is that of having lived an entire alternate life in the few minutes of intoxication, and even being surprised and

Re: That the mind works even after the brain ceases to function suggests its ...

2013-05-17 Thread Spudboy100
So, Jason,by this reasoning, a sufficiently advanced technology, then, in indistinguisable from Resurrection. I mention this because I have discussed tech resurrection, as, at least, an intellectual phenomenon, over at the Kurzweil forum. There is an enthusiast for technologically based

Re: That the mind works even after the brain ceases to function suggests its ...

2013-05-17 Thread Richard Ruquist
Who would want to be resurrected into this hell hole? clementine On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 5:57 PM, spudboy...@aol.com wrote: ** So, Jason,by this reasoning, a sufficiently advanced technology, then, in indistinguisable from Resurrection. I mention this because I have discussed tech