How does consciousness originate from material alone? If you follow Darwinian evolution then you are left with everything consisting of material. The theory is challenged in a compelling way by consciousness. How can thought itself be simply material?
Well, the evidence shows it’s not. We have no evidence that you are simply your body parts. The evidence weighs in the other direction. You are the thing that has parts. There is much support for the existence of something beyond the tissue and circuitry of the brain.
For example, studies have consistently verified patients who had no brain activity measured (popularly called “brain dead”) who came back to consciousness. They report experiencing memories and reasoning during the time the brain was not functioning that prove to be accurate.
It is also logical to assume that thought is not simply material. Think of this.
- Persuade someone there is no such thing as persuasion.
- You may know the makeup of my brain, but try to predict my free decisions.
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