Guest guest Posted September 1, 2002 Report Share Posted September 1, 2002 This is an old debate. The fight of the centuries. One fight in which matter's reputation has been badly bruised. Gross, lowly, lumpy matter has been despised and relegated for centuries like a cosmic Cinderella. Well, things started changing last century. The more scientist learned about matter the more ethereal it became. Today, matter is as much a mystery as spirit and almost as insubstantial.Matter might be nothing more than different values of energy fields inherent in space itself. So what reason is there to deny the brain the paternity rights to consciousness? A human brain has more synaptic connections possibilities that the total number of all the subatomic particles in the universe. That is an inconceivable large number. Your brain could contain all the information in the universe. Consciousness is not downgraded if considered a child of the brain, on the contrary. It's only those who long for personal survival, who would have their personal memories survive death who believe consciousness needs be a spiritual entity encompassing the universe. They fail to realize there is no outside or inside the brain. The universe doesn't end at our cranium. There is only one seamless whole. Join the 21th century. Matter is cool! Best wishes, Pete Finance - Get real-time stock quotes http://finance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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