> Thus, the brain-as-antenna thinking necessarily pre-supposes an other-worldly explanation; it assumes what it's trying to prove. Materialism does the same th

> Thus, the brain-as-antenna thinking necessarily pre-supposes an other-worldly explanation; it assumes what it's trying to prove. Materialism does the same thing though, as you observed: > we have to begin with the working assumption that materialism is true To be clear, I'm a materialist, but that's precisely why I dislike poor arguments.