RE: Arguments against Soul
January 31, 2020 at 11:01 pm
(This post was last modified: January 31, 2020 at 11:09 pm by adey67.)
@tackattack, Hi nice to make your acquaintance. Being totally honest I don't know, I think it's highly likely that the subconscious can at least be influenced by our senses, certainly our dreams can be influenced by our days experiences and all these things are linked but I'm not a neurologist or even an MD so I can make no definitive statement on that, as for the other questions we can run around in circles and tie ourselves up in knots trying to define consciousness and everyone will reach a slightly or even very different understanding of what it is but that achieves nothing and does not I think invalidate anything I've stated previously, things are pretty much as I have said and there isn't really any way round it, it's tough to see it all laid bare like that especially if you are strongly invested in a particular belief system either religious or non religious but it kind of is what it is I'm afraid. I do think however that the continuous development and increase in computer technology is the key here, as soon as we are able to sufficiently map the brain we may find answers to our questions about the mind and consciousness, one things for sure though, the answer will come from science not from philosophy or abstract thinking, of that I'm certain.