Monday, 27 October 2014 Science Is Finally Proving The Human Soul

In 2004, eight neuroscientists felt it was too soon for a definition of consciousness. They wrote an apology in "Human Brain Function": (1) "We have no idea how consciousness emerges from the physical activity of the brain and we do not know whether consciousness can emerge from non-biological systems, such as computers."The situation has not changed much since then, but there are many new hypotheses trying to explain the wetware's (brain's) connections and the emergence of consciousness on humans. Human consciousness is defined by CHRISTOF KOCH, who lists the following four definitions: (2) * Consciousness is the inner mental life, which we lose each night when we fall into dreamless sleep * It can be measured with the Glasgow Coma Scale that assesses the reactions of patients * An active cortico-thalamic complex in the brain is necessary for consciousness in humans * To put philosophically, consciousness is what it is like to feel somethingThis is the reductionist view. But is also is much more. Many ask, has the human also soul and the spirit? And maybe the brain is not necessarily needed for the consciousness to exist after all? Also altered states of consciousness are hard to explain by scientific knowledge. Same goes to physiological state of dreaming on humans. The dream world of an individual seems to have many important functions not only to the body, but the psyche. Dr.Carlos Castaneda and others have talked about the possibility to create one's own dreams in so called lucid dreaming. Also unconsciousness seems, according to recent studies have more important role to human behavior. The huge majority of human cognitive work is non-conscious. (3)Read more >>

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