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Neurosurgeon Provides Evidence Against Materialism

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Neurosurgeon Provides Evidence Against Materialism
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RE: Neurosurgeon Provides Evidence Against Materialism
June 13, 2019 at 4:42 am
(June 13, 2019 at 4:07 am)Amarok Wrote:
Quote:Still the sensation or thought you experience is something very different from the brain activity
No it isn't
Quote:. In fact they are very different things. The two things may correspond but they are not the same.
Simply false



A person is depressed. Clinically depressed. He/she has thoughts of suicide, can't sleep, can't concentrate, has trouble interacting with people and of course feels terrible about themselves and the world. Doctors have pills for this sort of thing now and let's say in this case it's the persons serotonin levels in the brain. The pills adjust the serotonin levels and the person is no longer depressed. 

Are you saying that serotonin levels  are the same thing as the person's experience of depression. Now that is simply false.
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RE: Neurosurgeon Provides Evidence Against Materialism - by ColdComfort - June 13, 2019 at 4:42 am

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