(February 10, 2012 at 3:50 pm)Rhythm Wrote: We just might have some form of demonstration that leads us to conclude that our thoughts, emotions, etc are a product of our biology.... We could try an experiment, of course, which involves you surrendering your brain to me (as in taking it out of your head) and then attempting to formulate a thought......
Like I said, I don't equate brain with biology. If I surrender my brain, I'd be surrendering more than my biology. If on the other hand, we had an idea about which part of brain was responsible for our advanced consciousness and had a way to remove that, then we'd be talking.