(September 18, 2013 at 9:52 pm)freedomfromfallacy Wrote:(September 17, 2013 at 3:03 pm)Zone Wrote: I don't think we know enough about consciousness to be able to say exactly what it is and how it's formed at this point. Anything you do want to say is a belief without evidence. Though something like this video a possible bit of evidence, something that was tested and to a good extent verified. He did get the car accident wrong but the house on an island in the Outer Hebrides he got right. This isn't a "Just believe it and it could be true" kind of thing if there's evidence.I've seen this trick before. Look at
There's some other interesting subjects of note that are worth a look. Telekinesis for instance, seen here operating under a glass bowl. This could be some kind of evidence of consciousness operating beyond the body to some tiny extent. This doesn't have to be anything supernatural at all just something we haven't covered yet.
the giant air gap betweeen the bowl
and the flat surface. I'd like to see
this trick performed with a light dust
of flour surrounding the bowl. Air
current is involved in this trick.
Uri Geller popularized this con back in the 70s. He did it with a fish tank and pen or pencil. Same thing though, slight tiny gap between the tank and the surface.
Be it a god or a illusion or conspiracy or con, it really all amounts if the believer wants to believe it badly enough, they will.
PT Barnum "There is a sucker born every minute".