@Πετροκότσυφαςmost are kind of cool about it
ultimately there would be no escape from death. — Oliver Purvis
Any thoughts? — Oliver Purvis
↪charleton Seems like there's a neural correlate for all mental events, but this was meant as a 'what if?' Just a bit of fun really — Oliver Purvis
Since all our experience, knowledge, hopes, fears, personality and memories are demonstrably
and uniquely coded as neural structure, any 'afterlife' would necessarily be meaningless unless we could take our brains with us. — charleton
That we need our brains to make us who we are is not debatable. — charleton
How can you even talk about a 'next stage' of consciousness if you do not have the equipment to have any consciousness at all?
Even hypotheticals have to have a basis. — charleton
How can you even talk about a 'next stage' of consciousness if you do not have the equipment to have any consciousness at all?
Even hypotheticals have to have a basis. — charleton
If there is an afterlife, presumably there is a God. I think God could probably figure out how to take the mind and soul without the brain. — T Clark
Even if there was a 'spirit' whatever that is, it would not have a personality, since you demonstrably need a brain for that; it would have no memory; no learning; no identity. — charleton
In other words, body and mind have mutual effects. — Galuchat
I've not made any such cliam.
Misquote? or xmas drunkenness? — charleton
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