RE: The Brain=Mind Fallacy
June 1, 2012 at 5:43 pm
(This post was last modified: June 1, 2012 at 5:46 pm by Brian37.)
(June 1, 2012 at 5:27 pm)StatCrux Wrote:(June 1, 2012 at 5:18 pm)Annik Wrote: The truth is, we don't understand how the electronic/chemical impulses in our brains translate to thought. Science will figure it out eventually, but for the time being, we cannot say one way or the other.
At least you're honest, until we do know I think all options should be considered, to close your mind to one particular option because it wouldn't agree with your current take on reality is close minded.
STOP IT, now you are trying to pull a Bill O'Reilly.
"Fair and Balanced"
No, reality is NOT up for a vote.
Not knowing everything about how the brain works does not equal a "spirit" or a "soul" or a "mind" outlasting our physical selves.
What science KNOWS KNOWS KNOWS KNOWS KNOWS
Is that when the brain dies, we die, there is no us anymore.
What you want to do is to get us to admit "you don't know everything"
And then try to pull an Evil Knievel by asserting the gap is filled with a fictitious beyond.
Why don't you apply for a job at Fox News, propaganda seems to be right up your ally.
(June 1, 2012 at 5:35 pm)StatCrux Wrote:(June 1, 2012 at 5:30 pm)Bravo Wrote: Your thoughts and programs/information stored on your computer have the same physical properties.The only difference is complexity, the brain has billions more connections than a computer. Stop bringing mystical nonsense in a straightforward mechanism.
The information/programs on a computer are physical, are you saying that our thoughts are physical in the same way? Please clarify, as others on here (brian37, chuck) say thoughts are NOT physical.
ONCE YOU ARE DEAD YOU ARE DEAD.
Now you want to make a computer analogy. FINE. BLOW your computer up and then try to use it moron.
