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My hope is that the brain is basically just a "consciousness" receiver and does not create it. Brain damage results in bad reception, people with schizophrenia
by katzenversteher 3y ago
My hope is that the brain is basically just a "consciousness" receiver and does not create it. Brain damage results in bad reception, people with schizophrenia receive signals not intended for them, people with alien hand syndrome have their brain split into several receivers and so on.
If that were the case, the body (including the brain) could die but the consciousness could continue to exist.
- mrguyorama 3y agoThat's what the religious and philosophical concept of a soul is. How would these signals be driven? What mechanism is used for signalling?
- katzenversteher 3y ago> That's what the religious and philosophical concept of a soul is. Yes, I hope that it exists but it clashes with research that shows that brain damage can change a persons behavior and personality. So this take tries to combine both concepts. I have no idea how the signals are transmitted but I believe there is some room for transmission mechanisms we have not discovered or understood yet.