At Mind Matters News: Why so many neuroscientists are unreflective materialists

AaronS1978@6 Hear, hear! doubter

I really hate it when I see comment that assumes there’s absolutely no evidence of the afterlife or the mind existing outside the body That’s an absolute and one thing is for certain in this world is nothing is absolute This I s the banter of an atheist that only wants their particular point of you to be correct Are you one of those people that thinks “science is going to solve everything given enough time” sev? If so, apply that exact same logic to the afterlife please So you’re less of a raging hypocrite Also it’s assumed there’s dark matter too, but there’s really no evidence of it, just a lot of hypothetical stuff And you can use a lot of the science that justifies dark matter to justify an afterlife and the mind Furthermore there is evidence it’s just blatantly ignored and everybody thinks it’s fake or a myriad of excuses of why it’s not real but nobody ever definitively just disproves it So when you say there’s absolutely no evidence you’re absolutely wrong it’s just evidence you don’t approve of AaronS1978

Why are so many neuroscientists unreflective materialists? Well, why are so many neuroscientists unreflective? Why are so many people in general unreflective? It's just easier, and doesn't require a change of career afterwards. EDTA

Dualism, the distinction between subjectivity and objectivity, is also the basis of the logic used in common discourse. Everyone who uses common discourse is practically a dualist, a creationist. We should respect the logic used in common discourse as it being a scientific theory. And the quantum theory is generally consistent with the common discourse theory. The only difference is that in quantum theory a thing may be in an undecided state in the present, while in common discourse it appears that possibilities are only in the future of an object, and in the present the parameters of an object are in a fully decided state. So in quantum theory a parameter of an object, like position, may consist of possibilities A and B, while for common discourse it appears that an object must always have a decided position of either A or B, but may have future possibilities of either A or B. mohammadnursyamsu

Dualism is the best option for understanding the mind and the brain.

Dualism was killed with the same quantum "gun" that killed materialism/physicalism. Both are just dead men walking at this point. William J Murray

. Seversky, A very astute scientist once asked a question. He asked, how do you know when an observation has been made. His answer? When there is a record of it. Science has demonstrated that life requires an epistemic cut, Seversky — a separation between the description and the described. It requires a record. It requires a language. Just as predicted. You only fool yourself when you point to others and sneer that they are not following the science. You run from science and history with every comment you make. Upright BiPed

At Mind Matters News: Why so many neuroscientists are unreflective materialists

Why are so many converts zealously committed immaterialists? As a neurosurgeon, Egnor must be aware there is no evidence of consciousness existing apart from a physical substrate and certainly not after death. The only conclusion is that his commitment to that belief is not driven by science but by the presuppositions of his faith. Seversky