If you had to define my thoughts(thoughts because there a lot of things we do not know)-I am a naturalist i.e I perceive the natural world. When I think of it images of plants animals and birds conjure up. I think natural selection is true.
I am a professional biologist.
The questions that occupy my thoughts are:
1. Does the natural world comprise of matter only with underlying energy fields ?
2. Is the human description of the natural world sufficient ?
3. Is the human description of the natural world a function of the human brain.
4. Consciousness is defined as the state of being aware of and responsive to one's surroundings .
4. Consciousness is defined as the state of being aware of and responsive to one's surroundings .
If so, is this awareness in humans a product of the way our atoms in the brain are organized, or is there a state of awareness underlying matter and expresses itself depending on the mode or physical system of expression.
For example awareness manifested through a magnet attracts iron filings. Awareness manifested through a cat sees the world in shades of grey and shapes and the cat may be attracted to the shape of the object and not its shade of grey (its boring) and awareness manifested through a human sees color and shape, and the human appreciates and is attracted to the object becuuse of both color and shape.
For example awareness manifested through a magnet attracts iron filings. Awareness manifested through a cat sees the world in shades of grey and shapes and the cat may be attracted to the shape of the object and not its shade of grey (its boring) and awareness manifested through a human sees color and shape, and the human appreciates and is attracted to the object becuuse of both color and shape.
5. I do not subsbscribe to vitalism, mind-body dualism (descartes) theories. I think they are false.
6.I think mind to be vibrating energy fields which expresses itself through various brains. I believe that the electrochemical brain activity is the mind functioning through a brain. I support investigation in this area.
7. This portion comprises of statements with supporting arguments.
When the body dies, the brain dies. Does the mind remain or dies with the brain ? Since I think that the mind is not a product of brain activity but expresses itself through the brain (mind =memory+thoughts+perception and other mental activities) it does not die with the brain.
If the difference between a dead body and a live body is rearrangement of atoms, then the mind needs a particular arrangement of atoms to express itself, and cannot express itself through a dead brain/body.
So what is the evidence for this thinking.As humans we have common thoughts and practices. If each brain were a unique arrangement of atoms then there would be no commonality.
Then the question arises, we share some regions of our brain structures not others and that could be the reason for shared commonality.. If so all races would be sharing more commonalities and different races would be completely different. Differences would be greater than commonalities.
The fact that we are on social media and connected around the world points to commonality.
For example i as a person born in a bengali family in India in the early 1970's can pick up languages indigenous to the region/country where i was born , as well of different cultures. I speak bengali. hindi, english. I understand a bit of german and sanskrit. i am fluent in english.
I had a pet dog. I could know when it was sad or happy through observing its inclination to catch a ball when i would throw a ball at it. When my dog was happy it would be playful towards me. If i feel empathy for another species -i hate it when pain is caused to an animal -then it suggests of some sort of universal mind expressing through different genetic systems and unable to express itself through a non-living system.I have so many acquaintances from varied ethnicities and races-its the commonality that struck me.
The argument against the above will always be commonality is due to shared genes. My argument is then my dog should also feel empathy towards me. Does it ?
When the body dies, the brain dies. Does the mind remain or dies with the brain ? Since I think that the mind is not a product of brain activity but expresses itself through the brain (mind =memory+thoughts+perception and other mental activities) it does not die with the brain.
If the difference between a dead body and a live body is rearrangement of atoms, then the mind needs a particular arrangement of atoms to express itself, and cannot express itself through a dead brain/body.
So what is the evidence for this thinking.As humans we have common thoughts and practices. If each brain were a unique arrangement of atoms then there would be no commonality.
Then the question arises, we share some regions of our brain structures not others and that could be the reason for shared commonality.. If so all races would be sharing more commonalities and different races would be completely different. Differences would be greater than commonalities.
The fact that we are on social media and connected around the world points to commonality.
For example i as a person born in a bengali family in India in the early 1970's can pick up languages indigenous to the region/country where i was born , as well of different cultures. I speak bengali. hindi, english. I understand a bit of german and sanskrit. i am fluent in english.
I had a pet dog. I could know when it was sad or happy through observing its inclination to catch a ball when i would throw a ball at it. When my dog was happy it would be playful towards me. If i feel empathy for another species -i hate it when pain is caused to an animal -then it suggests of some sort of universal mind expressing through different genetic systems and unable to express itself through a non-living system.I have so many acquaintances from varied ethnicities and races-its the commonality that struck me.
The argument against the above will always be commonality is due to shared genes. My argument is then my dog should also feel empathy towards me. Does it ?
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