If there is a soul, its nature is such that scientists to date have
been unable to detect or measure it. Now it could be that the soul is
inherently undetectable and imeasurable, if that is the case then, by
definition, it can have no effect on the "material" world; because, of
course, such effects would be detectable and measurable. That means
it can't affect the human brain or the electrical activity of that
brain, commonly called "thoughts".

On the other hand it may be that the soul is actually detectable, it
just hasn't been done yet. Perhaps it's a very subtle form of the
matter and energy that we already know about and improved versions of
the intruments and techniques available to scientists will eventually
find it. Or, perhaps, it is a new kind of thing, not a form of the
matter and energy we already know about but some as yet undiscovered
phenomonon. If that is the case it reveals a profound gap in our
scientific knowledge of the universe. If it's truly an unknown
phenomonon it probably isn't limited to just human souls, there may
well be a whole field of knowledge to be detected, measured and
analyzed.

On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 08:56:49 -0700 (PDT), Ed earthlink.net>
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On Jul 18, 1:54 pm, Art zilch.com> wrote:

On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:26:59 -0700 (PDT), Ed earthlink.net>
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On Jul 18, 2:51 pm, Art zilch.com> wrote:

On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:56:19 -0700 (PDT), Ed earthlink.net>
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Ed earthlink.net> wrote:

Or it could be that no one has a definition of 'soul' such that it can
even be looked for. Hence it is impossible to find. After all, if I
asked you to measure a snadelle, what would you do?

Generally, science first observes phenomena, forms theories that explain
that phenomena and makes predictions, based on the theories, about as
yet unobserved phenomena, then tests to see if those predictions hold
out.

The soul, on the other hand is a "phenomenon" that has never been
observed, and has no theories predicting its existence. I think this is
why the definition is so slippery.

On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:55:47 -0400, "Daniel T." earthlink.net> wrote:

On Jul 18, 7:10 pm, Sir Frederick fuzzysys.com> wrote:

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