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To: ifinnegan
Do you consider yourself to be conscious?

Can you give me a scientific definition of consciousness?

Can you use the scientific method to measure consciousness?

Or is consciousness beyond the realm of scientific investigation? I mean real science that uses the scientific method, not fake science that depends upon inductive/deductive reasoning and "consensus."

Is consciousness something about which we know very little other than the empirical observation that I perceive myself to be conscious?

131 posted on 05/04/2014 4:56:49 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government." --Tacitus)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I’m beginning to not take you seriously.

Do you consider yourself to be conscious?

A: Yes

Can you give me a scientific definition of consciousness?

A: perhaps.

Can you use the scientific method to measure consciousness?

A: Yes

Or is consciousness beyond the realm of scientific investigation? I mean real science that uses the scientific method, not fake science that depends upon inductive/deductive reasoning and “consensus.”

A: No. Consciousness is not supernatural, therefore amenable to scientific study.

Is consciousness something about which we know very little other than the empirical observation that I perceive myself to be conscious?

A: No. As I mentioned, there are drugs that cause loss of consciousness or alter consciousness. There are very researchable neurophysiological aspects to study.

Do you think consciousness s supernatural?


137 posted on 05/04/2014 5:27:41 PM PDT by ifinnegan
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