(June 9, 2011 at 6:47 am)tackattack Wrote: Just because they can be altered by physical manipulation does not mean they are totally dependant on the physical brain. The only way they could be expressed is if the brani is physically functioning. Mutability does not denote necessary full dependance.
I'll give you an easy example. You can look at your LCD screen. It's 1's and 0's processed by the LCD. You can wave a magnet (don't do it) over your LCD and change their appearance. It doesn't however affect how the LCD interprets teh 1's and 0's or the 1's and 0's themselves prior to their input to the LCD. The LCD though would be required to be on to notice those changes.
I fail to see the point of your analogy. Modifying brain structure would be more akin to altering the insides of the LCD, which would change the screen's ability to function.
tackattack Wrote:There's a difference between information housed in and information originating from the brain.
I agree, however, both of these are dictated by brain structure and neither require a soul.
Could you clarify your position on this issue by defining the soul as you see it, and describing attributes of the soul?
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
