Uh-oh! I think I feel a post from Ed (not ED) coming on...Bill!
--- In [email protected], A Sahal <A.Sahal@...> wrote:
>
>
> > Hi Anil. Thank you. One more good reason to meditate! Say, in your
> > opinion,
> > is the relationship between brain area activations and states of
> > consciousness causal or correlative?
>
> There's insufficient data for a meaningful answer. We have NO idea what
> consciousness is-we can't even agree on a definition really. Francis Crick
> (of
> DNA fame) spent his last few years investigating consciousness and came up
> with
> some interesting ideas on physical correlates of it, but nothing of deep
> understanding.
>
> >And what about qualia?
>
> Nothing.
>
> > Do you subscribe to the cognitive paradigm endorsed by the likes of
> > Dennet and Pinker?
>
> Psychologists? How dare you associate a real scientist with Psychologists!
> ;-)
>
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