Different in degree or kind: An essay captures Adler (Introduction)

by romansh , Saturday, November 21, 2015, 04:36 (3291 days ago) @ David Turell

David Really? they don't say much, and those thoughts are still immaterial. See below:
Yes really ... and I don't need to say much.
No thoughts are not immaterial.-> David I totally agree with you in this analysis, except, the blood flow tells us what region in active, but of course, it does not tell us exactly what that region is doing. So exactly what have we learned? Geography. How does consciousness work? We've found nada. The entire process is overhyped, but it is a tiny step on the way to trying to figure out consciousness. My attitude is simply cautious: don't expect or promise to much for the lay public at this time. Keep plugging.-Actually there is a bit more fidelity than "regions". What we have learned is that blood flow patterns can be a crude proxy for the brain function that humans describe as consciousness (at least the visual).-So what evidence would persuade that consciousness is material?