[MD] Mystics and Brains

[pholden at davtv.com]

Quoting ian glendinning <psybertron at gmail.com>:

> The first question is more a matter of how consciousness emerges in a
> brain (or similar device). I don't believe that's necessarily hard to
> do, provided no-one is looking for something elusive like "proof".
> Would I be wasting my time Platt, if I attempted an explanation ?
> 

Gee, I don't know whether you would be wasting your time or not. As far as
I know no one has yet to come up with an explanation that passes "peer
review," so I guess your attempt would be as provocative as anyone's. I read
Dennett's book, "Consciousness Explained" a while ago, but I don't think his
explanation ever caught on with others in the field. It certainly didn't
make sense to me. In any case, why not give it a go? As you may recall, my
own preference is the idea that the brain, like every other bodily organ,
deals with what is present in the the present -- namely consciousness. 

   
  


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