Human Consciousness: stimuli, analog to digital (Humans)

by David Turell , Tuesday, September 20, 2016, 19:07 (2984 days ago) @ dhw


> dhw:You are resolutely refusing to acknowledge that your beliefs are not based on EXPERIMENTAL evidence. - Nuance of difference: my beliefs occurred because of the persuasive evidence from science. I know my beliefs are not testable.
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> dhw: “ It is simply a denial of the right of science to exclude the possibility of phenomena outside its range. By extension, it is a denial of the right of an atheist to claim that religious faith is unscientific and therefore wrong.” - Apologize for not remembering your introduction. Point is correct.
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> > DAVID: And I view a brain as a required receiver to experience consciousness. Bacteria do not have any degree of a conscious experience or consciousness because they have no receiver. From NDE research.
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> dhw: NDE research (I'm not referring to OBEs here) suggests exactly the opposite - namely, that when the brain is clinically dead, the patient can enter a different world in which he/she DOES experience consciousness. You yourself have said you believe in an afterlife in which the brainless David WILL remain conscious. Therefore according to you it must be possible to experience consciousness without a brain. - As a dualist, I believe when I die my consciousness/soul goes to Heaven intact, no brain required, the consciousness a separate entity from the brain.