RE: Does it make sense to speak of "Universal Consciousness" or "Univer...
May 16, 2014 at 10:23 am
(May 16, 2014 at 9:59 am)ChadWooters Wrote: Until you can show a compositional difference between one set of neurons and another, both of which perform information process and of which only one is conscious, then you are presenting a 300 year old promissory note. How long can the materialist answer fail to deliver before it is considered a failure? The materialist approach to mind-body dates back to Newton! Physics has changed a lot since then, from classical ideas of particles bumping together to quantum processes. I fully accept the findings of neuroscience but do not accept interpretations that beg the question.
I was unaware that neuroscience was on a shot clock requiring everyone to accept an unsupported supernatural explanation when the buzzer sounds.