(September 17, 2013 at 7:31 pm)Brian37 Wrote:(September 17, 2013 at 6:50 pm)pineapplebunnybounce Wrote: I want to weigh in a bit because I'm quite fascinated with people who think that there's this "something else" that houses our consciousness, memories and identity.
Yea, maybe, like understanding like cancer happens. It is important to know, but nothing to celebrate.
They don't like the mundane answer. That what we call "we" or "I" or "conscious" is nothing more than our brain in motion.
Theists stupidly like to mistake the car and the speed as being the same when only one object exists, the car. "Speed" is not physical but a description of the car in motion.
Lol, no, not celebrating their choice. I just think it's an interesting phenomenon that our brain is so desperate to preserve this sense of uniqueness and sense of self that when threatened, it will allow us to believe in something else so that our identity can be preserved.
