So it seems we will soon be able to learn more about a human being via MRI scans than the person knows about himself. No wonder for me somehow, as damage to the brain has shown loss of abilities and changes in character.
What came to my mind, though, was....when we think about the brain as a signal transmitter, as some theories suggest, it of course makes sense, that by altering the structure, the result will change. For this means that the signal is neutral and the brain makes us what we are. On the other hand this does not seem to fit with the theory regarding NDEs as people who had one assume that they have come close to death or were dead. If I recall correctly though, they still retain their character. The only explanation for me then would be, that the experience is in the brain.
So it seems we will soon be able to learn more about a human being via MRI scans than the person knows about himself. No wonder for me somehow, as damage to the brain has shown loss of abilities and changes in character.
What came to my mind, though, was....when we think about the brain as a signal transmitter, as some theories suggest, it of course makes sense, that by altering the structure, the result will change. For this means that the signal is neutral and the brain makes us what we are. On the other hand this does not seem to fit with the theory regarding NDEs as people who had one assume that they have come close to death or were dead. If I recall correctly though, they still retain their character. The only explanation for me then would be, that the experience is in the brain.
Or that the brain pattern is a mirror of, or is mirrored in, 'the soul'. Making the brain effectively a very efficient RISC, or more probably, ASIC processor.
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Quote:What came to my mind, though, was....when we think about the brain as a signal transmitter, as some theories suggest, it of course makes sense, that by altering the structure, the result will change. For this means that the signal is neutral and the brain makes us what we are. On the other hand this does not seem to fit with the theory regarding NDEs as people who had one assume that they have come close to death or were dead. If I recall correctly though, they still retain their character. The only explanation for me then would be, that the experience is in the brain.
Where is experience located? What even is experience? Certainly from the point of view of reincarnation, where experiences such as very traumatic or painful ones may manifest as PTSD in a subsequent lifetime, it cannot have anything to do with the individual body. We may need to inhabit a body to inhabit this world and partake of it. But it seems more of a vehicle, like a motorcar, or a submarine, a way of travelling through this world. Character traits too may continue (for better or for worse) pretty much unchanged from one lifetime to the next. These are the findings of research. It is admittedly a difficult area to study in depth, but that in itself only means more efforts are needed by researchers.
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(This post was last modified: 2018-11-21, 07:54 AM by Typoz.)
So it seems we will soon be able to learn more about a human being via MRI scans than the person knows about himself. No wonder for me somehow, as damage to the brain has shown loss of abilities and changes in character.
What came to my mind, though, was....when we think about the brain as a signal transmitter, as some theories suggest, it of course makes sense, that by altering the structure, the result will change. For this means that the signal is neutral and the brain makes us what we are. On the other hand this does not seem to fit with the theory regarding NDEs as people who had one assume that they have come close to death or were dead. If I recall correctly though, they still retain their character. The only explanation for me then would be, that the experience is in the brain.
I’ve got little doubt that a persons past experiences will have some correlation with the development of their brains networks. I think doing some sort of deep learning using fMRI brain scans might find some general correlations with peoples behavior, but I’m a wee bit skeptical it could ever tell us very much, it’s probably going to be very crude, but no doubt useful for some types of analysis. The researcher seems to agree it’s very early days.
Experience can’t just be in your brain though. Brains are not isolated or shielded organs, so they are affected by the environment within which they are embedded. And, one should also consider that brains themselves exist as ‘things’ within your own experience. There are also other issues to consider, like how you can write a complicated computer password down on a piece of paper which is outside of your brain, so that you can use the note on the paper to recall the password again in the future, or share it with somebody else. Another is the research on epigenetic inheritance, which seems to demonstrate that your own behavior may be the direct result of a Male ancestors experience which has not been acquired through your own learning / experience. Even common anomalous phenomena such as ghosts suggests that your experiences may not necessarily be your own. There are many other issues to consider which are similar to these.
So when you say that “the experience is in the brain”, it’s clear that this statement really doesn’t do justice to the complexity of the issue.
We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.
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So it seems we will soon be able to learn more about a human being via MRI scans than the person knows about himself. No wonder for me somehow, as damage to the brain has shown loss of abilities and changes in character.
What came to my mind, though, was....when we think about the brain as a signal transmitter, as some theories suggest, it of course makes sense, that by altering the structure, the result will change. For this means that the signal is neutral and the brain makes us what we are. On the other hand this does not seem to fit with the theory regarding NDEs as people who had one assume that they have come close to death or were dead. If I recall correctly though, they still retain their character. The only explanation for me then would be, that the experience is in the brain.
I wouldn’t put too much credibility into such a sensationalist study with pretty vague predictions. fMRI science is imho a fringe science and there has been issues and debate before about the reliability of the results. You can try to google it - there’s also this on ted: https://www.google.dk/amp/s/ideas.ted.co...-fmri/amp/
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