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Old 01-03-2010, 05:36 PM   #97
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Originally Posted by Harmon View Post
Okay, I'll explain it. Consciousness is an illusion generated by a feedback mechanism. Your body actually runs the show. Jeffrey Gray, "Consciousness, Creeping up on the Hard Problem." (Not available in ebook, so far as I know.)

You may now return to your regularly scheduled book.
Thanks, bro! Now if someone will provide me with e-mail addresses for Penrose, Hawking, and the rest, I'll write and let them know they can all go home now.

In all seriousness, though, I believe you're on to something. Benjamin Libet's famous experiments as well as experiments with split-brain patients seem to imply that unconscious neuronal activity precedes conscious knowledge and choice. This appears to be counter-intuitive, but as Carl Sagan said in Cosmos (the TV Series): "Nature is not obligated to conform to our expectations."

And now back to the regularly scheduled topic.
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