RE: The Brain=Mind Fallacy
June 10, 2012 at 7:54 pm
(This post was last modified: June 10, 2012 at 8:03 pm by Brian37.)
Quote:But surely there can thus be no consciousness if there is no mind
CONSCIOUSNESS IS AN OUTCOME NOT A "MIND".
Get rid of that bullshit word!
THERE IS NO MIND! IT IS A STUPID FUCKING WORD!
It is merely the attempt on the part of the ignorant to treat speed as a thing separate from the car. Speed is an observation of the car in motion.
(June 10, 2012 at 7:47 pm)Taqiyya Mockingbird Wrote:(June 10, 2012 at 7:02 pm)liam Wrote: Yet if you shoot your own heart out then you will also lose all your mind's functions, the brain is not the only crucial part of the mind's existence.
The existence of it as a by-product of the brain's processes is more understandable but there would still be a mind, as you say it is the same as speed, speed still exists.
But surely there can thus be no consciousness if there is no mind, is that the point you are making? if not then i'd like you to elaborate, if that is not too much trouble
There are living people walking around without their hearts. Your heart can be completely removed and thrown to dogs to be eaten and you can live for decades without it, with a simple pump in its place.
Try that with your brain.
What the fuck does that have to do with anything? Brains produce the outcome of thoughts, hearts pump blood. The heart is not the organ that produces thought.
Again, if "we" as individuals can be separated from our brains we could blow our own heads off and still think. If there is any evidence for the talking heads in the cartoon Futureama I am at a loss.
No one is going to survive a decapitation PERIOD! And it is not as if the brain regulates all the other body functions, including the heart.