(September 25, 2017 at 11:19 am)Little Rik Wrote:(September 25, 2017 at 11:11 am)Mathilda Wrote: Well I am due to undergo an operation in the next 8 - 12 weeks under general anesthetic. I've had it before so I know that I will be unconscious at the time because of what will be done to my physical brain.
But of course Little Prik ignores all the documented and peer reviewed evidence about anesthesia and why and how it works. Or for the effects of neuro-degenerative diseases or narcotic drugs for that matter.
And the point you try to make is.........?
To me it seems that you are under mental anesthetic right now?
Well I don't have my sock puppets or crayons handy so unfortunately I shall have to rely on just words to explain it to you.
If consciousness was not a function of the physical brain then anesthesia would not work at all.
Here is some peer reviewed evidence for you (unfortunately it also uses words).
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2743249/
Quote:How consciousness arises in the brain remains unknown. Yet, for nearly two centuries our ignorance has not hampered the use of general anesthesia for routinely extinguishing consciousness during surgery. Unfortunately, once in every 1000–2000 operations a patient may temporarily regain consciousness or even remain conscious during surgery