(November 4, 2015 at 10:17 am)Evie Wrote:Little Rik The Confused One Wrote:Has already been established that consciousness is not something physical as our physical senses can not grasp it
Complete non-sequitur. Does not follow at all. If our physical senses cannot grasp something that in no way means it is not physical.
Ever heard of atoms? Our "physical senses" (as if there're any other kind of senses) can't grasp atoms and atoms are 100% physical.
There has never been any evidence of anything non-physical... all mental activity that there is actual evidence of is evidenced to be made of physical parts like everything else. There is no reason to believe whatsoever that consciousness isn't merely parts of brain activity.
Science deals with the physical world.
There is no evidence of anything other than the mental activity of the physical brain when it comes to consciousness. So from our first person perspective, the fact that one thing we can be absolutely certain of is our own consciousness: Why would you special plead and presume that there must also be something non-physical and undetectable by science in order for us to be conscious of anything?
Occam's Razor deals with this. There is no need whatsoever to postulate any non-physical requirement for consciousness in addition to the physical parts of the brain.
That is not true.
NDEs have shown that with the brain out of the question the consciousness is still active so your guessing is dead wrong.