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Author: turtoniturtoni Date: Jul 4, 2008 21:56
"Modern investigations into and discoveries about consciousness are
based on psychological statistical studies and case studies of
consciousness states and the deficits caused by lesions, stroke,
injury, or surgery that disrupt the normal functioning of human senses
and cognition. These discoveries suggest that the mind is a complex
structure derived from various localized functions that are bound
together with a unitary awareness.
Several studies point to common mechanisms in different clinical
conditions that lead to loss of consciousness. Persistent vegetative
state (PVS) is a condition in which an individual loses the higher...
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Author: ImmortalistImmortalist Date: Jul 4, 2008 22:28
On Jul 4, 9:56 pm, turtoni fastmail.net> wrote:>
> ...Persistent vegetative
> state (PVS) is a condition in which an individual loses the higher
> cerebral powers of the brain, but maintains sleep-wake cycles with
> full or partial autonomic functions. Studies comparing PVS with
> healthy, awake subjects consistently demonstrate an impaired
> connectivity between the deeper (brainstem and thalamic) and the upper
> (cortical) areas of the brain. In addition, it is agreed that the
> general brain activity in the cortex is lower in the PVS state. Some
> electroneurobiological interpretations of consciousness characterize
> this loss of consciousness as a loss of the ability to resolve time
> (similar to playing an old phonographic record at very slow or very
> rapid speed), along a continuum...
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Author: bigfletch8bigfletch8 Date: Jul 5, 2008 01:01
On Jul 5, 2:56 pm, turtoni fastmail.net> wrote:> "Modern investigations into and discoveries about consciousness are
> based on psychological statistical studies and case studies of
> consciousness states and the deficits caused by lesions, stroke,
> injury, or surgery that disrupt the normal functioning of human senses
> and cognition. These discoveries suggest that the mind is a complex
> structure derived from various localized functions that are bound
> together with a unitary awareness.
SNIP.
Fascinating. Reminds me of the dissecting of a computer by those who
are looking for the internet.
Those that report on "out of body" experiences, often refer to 'silver
cord' connection, when severed, results in physical death.
Considering such reports go back well before wireless connection was
'invented',(internet reference) it is not unreasonable for a healthy
sceptic to consider that if we can create such connection using our
brain, then the suggestion that people are constantly reinventing
themselves, shouldnt sound too outlandish.
Of course there's no substitute for first hand experience.
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Author: zinniczinnic Date: Jul 5, 2008 06:48
On Jul 5, 3:01 am, "bigflet...@ gmail.com" gmail.com>
wrote:> On Jul 5, 2:56 pm, turtoni fastmail.net> wrote:
>>> "Modern investigations into and discoveries about consciousness are
>> based on psychological statistical studies and case studies of
>> consciousness states and the deficits caused by lesions, stroke,
>> injury, or surgery that disrupt the normal functioning of human senses
>> and cognition. These discoveries suggest that the mind is a complex
>> structure derived from various localized functions that are bound
>> together with a unitary awareness.
>
> SNIP.
>
> Fascinating. Reminds me of the dissecting of a computer by those who
> are looking for the internet.
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Author: bigfletch8bigfletch8 Date: Jul 5, 2008 08:48
On Jul 5, 11:48 pm, zinnic gate.net> wrote:> On Jul 5, 3:01 am, "bigflet...@ gmail.com" gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>> On Jul 5, 2:56 pm, turtoni fastmail.net> wrote:>
>>> "Modern investigations into and discoveries about consciousness are
>>> based on psychological statistical studies and case studies of
>>> consciousness states and the deficits caused by lesions, stroke,
>>> injury, or surgery that disrupt the normal functioning of human senses
>>> and cognition. These discoveries suggest that the mind is a complex
>>> structure derived from various localized functions that are bound
>>> together with a unitary awareness.
>
>> SNIP.
>
>> Fascinating. Reminds me of the dissecting of a computer by those who
>> are looking for the internet.
>
> Also like dissecting an internal combustion engine by those looking ...
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Author: zinniczinnic Date: Jul 5, 2008 17:31
On Jul 5, 10:48 am, "bigflet...@ gmail.com" gmail.com>
wrote:> On Jul 5, 11:48 pm, zinnic gate.net> wrote:
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>>> On Jul 5, 3:01 am, "bigflet...@ gmail.com" gmail.com>
>> wrote:>
>>> On Jul 5, 2:56 pm, turtoni fastmail.net> wrote:>
>>>> "Modern investigations into and discoveries about consciousness are
>>>> based on psychological statistical studies and case studies of
>>>> consciousness states and the deficits caused by lesions, stroke,
>>>> injury, or surgery that disrupt the normal functioning of human senses
>>>> and cognition. These discoveries suggest that the mind is a complex
>>>> structure derived from various localized functions that are bound
>>>> together with a unitary awareness. ...
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Author: turtoniturtoni Date: Jul 5, 2008 18:36
>> Socrates understood where Plato was , but Plato didnt understand
>> Socrates.
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> Now you claim to read the minds of the dead! A telepathic
> spiritualist? :-)
> Zinnic
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