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Errr, help me understand where I'm diverging, here. The way you put "mechanistic" in quotes in your original comment strongly suggests that you doubt the experi
by riwsky 2y ago
Errr, help me understand where I'm diverging, here. The way you put "mechanistic" in quotes in your original comment strongly suggests that you doubt the experience can be mechanistically explained. Maybe that wasn't your intent, and this is a boring case of internet miscommunication. But if you do indeed doubt that this could be explained mechanistically, then I don't know how to square that with the fact you're researching this academically—do you intend to just keep drilling further down and zooming further in until you discover The Soul, or something? If so, then you're right that I'm not interested in that kind of "science"—as whereof I cannot speak, thereof I must be silent.
- _yb2s 2y agoYes, you misunderstood- I absolutely think it can be explained mechanistically, but that the full explanation is unlikely to jive with current popular ideas about how the brain works. I am generally very open minded and curious about peoples claims of supernatural and spiritual experiences. I believe it all has understandable mechanistic biological explanations, but I am very curious what they may be.