Well bad pun aside... I agree that the mind and brain are correlated. There's plenty of evidence to back that up. You did make the positive claim though scarlet so that burden of proof was on you. I digress, I'll allow all of your evidence because I've already seen them. I agree EvF it would be pointless without cause to postulate a separate controller. Allow me to illustrate.
1- Primitive people didn't know about anything other that brains, because when they broke in someone's head it spilled out, but they had no knowledge of function.
2-More advanced man postulated that the self as an identity was an abstract construct and resided in the brain.
3-It was then postulated that manipulating the brain affected the "self" (furthermore mentioned as mind)
4-Hypothesis was made that when the brain dies the consciousness dies.
The disconnect is with 2 and 3 making 4 fallacious. Without completely analyzing the mind brain connection no further conclusions can be made. I've referenced an article somewhere in this forum (we've talked about this before), but I'm sure google would be your friend here, about people surviving brain death. There are actually a few out there. Here's the question If the brain is the ONLY repository where the mind is imprinted, when the brain dies, how can someone still have an identity? Before you answer I'm aware that some memories can be lost, some likes or dislikes could be changed, different phobias, etc.. I acknowledge all that stuff. I'm talking about the I. When you say, " I want an ice cream" I'm not talking about the wants, desires and personalities.. I'm talking about the "I" in that phrase.
1- Primitive people didn't know about anything other that brains, because when they broke in someone's head it spilled out, but they had no knowledge of function.
2-More advanced man postulated that the self as an identity was an abstract construct and resided in the brain.
3-It was then postulated that manipulating the brain affected the "self" (furthermore mentioned as mind)
4-Hypothesis was made that when the brain dies the consciousness dies.
The disconnect is with 2 and 3 making 4 fallacious. Without completely analyzing the mind brain connection no further conclusions can be made. I've referenced an article somewhere in this forum (we've talked about this before), but I'm sure google would be your friend here, about people surviving brain death. There are actually a few out there. Here's the question If the brain is the ONLY repository where the mind is imprinted, when the brain dies, how can someone still have an identity? Before you answer I'm aware that some memories can be lost, some likes or dislikes could be changed, different phobias, etc.. I acknowledge all that stuff. I'm talking about the I. When you say, " I want an ice cream" I'm not talking about the wants, desires and personalities.. I'm talking about the "I" in that phrase.
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