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Or perhaps exceptional claims (plants have brains we just can’t see them) require exceptional evidence.

• blancheneige 7y ago
  Like the exceptional claim that human consciousness resides in the brain despite documented evidence of remote viewing [1], terminal lucidity [2], memories of past lives [3], etc.? Maybe it's time these "scientists" start doing actual science instead of sticking to their ultra-materialist dogma. [1] https://fas.org/irp/program/collect/air1995.pdf https://fas.org/irp/program/collect/air1995.pdf [2] https://med.virginia.edu/perceptual-studies/wp-content/uploads/sites/360/2017/01/NDE61_terminal-lucidity-JNMD.pdf https://med.virginia.edu/perceptual-studies/wp-content/uploa... [3] https://med.virginia.edu/perceptual-studies/publications/academic-publications/children-who-remember-previous-lives-academic-publications/ https://med.virginia.edu/perceptual-studies/publications/aca...
  • pixelbash 7y ago
    Without leaning one way or the other I've always wondered what neuroimaging one of these experiences would look like. If nothing obvious is happening and the imagee reports a rich and detailed experience it might be persuasive.
    • blancheneige 7y ago
      Indeed. Severe cases of hydrocephalus [1], for example, where an otherwise functional individual is missing large portions of their brain may provide partial answers. [1] https://med.virginia.edu/perceptual-studies/wp-content/uploads/sites/360/2017/12/Discrepancy-between-cerebral-structure-and-cognitive-functioning-JNMD.pdf https://med.virginia.edu/perceptual-studies/wp-content/uploa...
• dade_ 7y ago
  Not so exceptional, the centriole is essentially the eye and brain of a cell. If cells are able to leverage quantum mechanics like our retina, chlorophyll, bird magnetoreception, and olfaction, then why not for memory or computation? Essentially neurons aren't a simple switch, but rather contain a processor & memory in themselves.