Consciousness; a radically new theory. Diaphonous? (Introduction)

by David Turell , Thursday, July 16, 2015, 16:23 (3417 days ago) @ romansh

David: And my answer is, so what. Look at what humans have accomplished over the past few thousand years with that wallpaper.
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> Romansh: I am having a hard time understanding the relevance of this statement to the discussion at hand.-I think it is quite clear. You are making a fuss over the fact that the brain bridges gaps and adds info, yet the results of human endeavor are there to see. the brain does not get in our way. It is built to help. 
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> > David:Of course thought is within our reality, but you have again side stepped my point that thought is not material. Perhaps your thoughts are. All thoughts become material only when recorded. 
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> Romansh: Recorded in our brain structures/chemistry?-Even if memorized, when thoughts appear they are immaterial. Another sidestep.-> 
> > David: First of all, you are ignoring the point that these are NDE's, 'NEAR to death', with a distinct time reference to the end of life.
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> Romansh: No I am not. 
> .... And having personally experienced such a thing I am far from convinced.-Would you be willing to describe it?
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> > David: The receiver hypothesis comes from medical research into the phenomenon,
 
> Romansh: And which medical journals ... with respect to the receiver hypothesis?-You have forgotten the references I have given you. Google Pim van Lommel. M.D., Bruce Greyson, M.D. for starters.