All of the replies in some way have addressed "the mind/body problem." As others have mentioned the jury is still out. Of late I have come to beileve that much of what we call mind comes from brain; but nothing conclusive has been decided about qualia and first-person subjective experience.
I am not a reductionist, or someone who believes that there is "only" matter; but I am a materialist, in that I believe brain is necessary for mind. I subscribe to the "quantum mind" theory.
The hologram theory has much to commend it, though I haven't taken the time to investigate it deeply, I have felt this on a very intuitive level with things I have observed. For example, I have been developing a theory for the last 14 years regarding a "template" that describes the existence of all things... kind of a hobby...
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Date: 2003-12-24 08:05 pm (UTC)All of the replies in some way have addressed "the mind/body problem." As others have mentioned the jury is still out. Of late I have come to beileve that much of what we call mind comes from brain; but nothing conclusive has been decided about qualia and first-person subjective experience.
I am not a reductionist, or someone who believes that there is "only" matter; but I am a materialist, in that I believe brain is necessary for mind. I subscribe to the "quantum mind" theory.
The hologram theory has much to commend it, though I haven't taken the time to investigate it deeply, I have felt this on a very intuitive level with things I have observed. For example, I have been developing a theory for the last 14 years regarding a "template" that describes the existence of all things... kind of a hobby...