[ExI] Quantum consciousness, quantum mysticism, and transhumanist engineering

[Stathis Papaioannou]

On Sun, 2 Apr 2017 at 10:23 am, William Flynn Wallace <foozler83 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> And there are no scientific facts about consciousness,   John wrote
>
> --
> It seems to me that quite a few EEG type studies have been done trying to
> locate the center of consciousness.
>
> There are studies of subliminal perception also, which involve influencing
> the person while bypassing consciousness.
>
> Are these not scientific?  I do acknowledge that there are tons of junk
> around about this subject, mostly from philosophers.
>

The studies try to find a correlation between awareness or awareness and
patterns in the brain. They do not demonstrate consciousness. This is why
for a long time scientists thought consciousness was bullshit - you
couldn't study it scientifically.

> --
Stathis Papaioannou
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