Arguments against Soul

[Jehanne]

It comes down to if you are proposing anything beyond the Standard Model (quarks, electrons, etc.); if you are not, then, as far as I am concerned, this is a discussion about semantics and reductionism.

The fact that the Standard Model can explain things about physics is not proof that everything is explainable by physics.

This is where we were disagree:

The World of Everyday Experience, In One Equation

For those who do not want to click the link, here it is:



Consciousness, "whatever" it is, is governed by the above equation.  Period.  I agree (and, so does Professor Carroll, and, by extension, all other physicists) that consciousness is not reducible, but, nothing in the brain is "outside" of the above equation.  Ultimately, consciousness is simply very large amounts of electrons transitioning from one energy state to others, if you wish, a kaleidoscope of light and energy, but, consciousness is just matter and energy, nothing more.