(May 29, 2013 at 9:13 am)bennyboy Wrote: The question isn't the link between the brain and mind-- it's why a purely physical process ends up manifesting as conscious awareness at all-- rather than just grinding through its chemical calculations with no experience of itself. Is this really a property of the brain, or is it a property of complexity of information, or is it that mind is actually ingrained into the fabric of the universe?
Your failure is assuming that consiouness is somehow special. While I don't know HOW it works or WHY our brains produce conciousness, I do know that it is a result of physical processes in our brains.
You seem to be tied to the belief that there is some strange phenomenon that imparts self awareness to human (and several other species) brains. All I am saying is that conciousness seems to be a product of the functioning brain, not something extra like a blob of whipped cream on a sundae.
I am as interested in you in finding out why and how. I just can't allow myself to believe that conciousness is anything particularly special from a biological standpoint.
As I said in my first post, I think it is the result (or by product, if you will) of our evolutionarily developed brain. It serves a biological purpose. It helps us survive and thrive.
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe." -Einstein
