Sam Harris On Defining Consciousness

[Rhondazvous]

I'm not sure I understand.  Those bulleted points were your givens.  The brain exhibits what you determined to be the qualifying characteristic of sentience in those points, of your choosing.  If you claim that the brain is not sentient...you, not I, are arguing against those points.  Having this pointed out to you seems to have had a pretty sorry effect.  The situation regarding campfires is in the same camp.  Your claims.

Rather than respond, you decided to pull the ole "drippy/GC" card.  Now you're calling me daddy, which is fitting..because you acted like a child...rather than a person looking to demonstrate or prove something.

I thought that we were working on a theory.......was I wrong?

I specifically said the electrical impulses that flow through the brain are sentient. It's no inconsistency when I differentiate between the impulses and the brain itself. When Whatsoeverist reminded me that the chemicals play a part as well, I conceded. But is still separate from the fleshy part of the brain which dies when there are no impulses.

I hope we will be able to understand one another. We were doing so well. We can get back towhee we were.