I'm not quite sure what point you're making here. That because we don't have a model for something physical, then it's not physical? — Uber
Should physicists believe that high-temp superconductors are not physical because they don't yet have a 'model' for explaining such phenomena? — Uber
So the details still need to be finished, but the general idea is already there: consciousness is an emergent physical state. — Uber
The article reviews his experimental results. Did you not read it? Or more accurately, were you not impressed because it happens to contradict some profound and misguided belief you happen to hold? — Uber
How does my belief in the existance of a thing make its existance more probable?It is far more likely that we think we have conscious experience because we actually do have conscious experience.
How does the nonmaterial interact with the material without being material itself?
The mind is natural
In fact, it appears that something non-physical has emerged from physical brains. This is really no stranger than life emerging from nonlife, something that appears to have actually happened. — George Cobau
Hopefully in the next few decades, the tide will turn, and philosophers and scientists will come to their senses and accept the fact that we have internal conscious experineces that are different and distinct from neurologica activity. — George Cobau
What does 'identical' mean to you? Because even I may not agree that the mind and the nervous system are "identical." — Uber
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