Panpsychism (Evolution)

by romansh , Wednesday, December 19, 2012, 03:30 (4953 days ago) @ David Turell

Rom. Does Eben Alexander have nutty ideas? > Eben alexandr is a highly respected neurosurgeon who had a complex NDE and wrote a book about it. I suggest you investigate a little. -Yes and Daniel Dennett is a highly respected philosopher. But you did not answer my question David.-> > rom: I would argue fundamentally without energy exchange there is to all intents and purposes nothing. > I have no idea what you are proposing. A non-functioning cortex does not exchange energy. It can't. Yet is remembers the NDE. Information is stored in a book as well. A switched off computer remembers information too after being switched off. > > rom: Not even consciousness. As a scientist, this is a fundamental precept to existence never mind consciousness. > Is there a misprint here? I don't think so. Scientists (and doctors) can only study objects after energy has been exchanged between the object and the subject.