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muriel_volestrangler

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4. Why does anyone who thinks human consciousness can survive without a brain think that it's so dependent

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Sun Sep 21, 2025, 11:23 AM

Sep 21

on one particular brain, and the chemistry and connections of that brain, while the human is alive?

You can stop consciousness with drugs or poisons, a blow to the head, surgery and so on. Sometimes these have permanent effects on the consciousness. How could that consciousness survive without the one material brain on which it so clearly depends during life?

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What Happens After We Die? These UVA Researchers Are Investigating It. [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Sep 21 OP

Ask the paranormal investigators, ghost hunters, etc.................. Lovie777 Sep 21 #1

It's a legitimate question. Irish_Dem Sep 21 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author Skittles Sep 21 #5

Theyve investigated thoussnds of cases of reincarnation reports. The results Karadeniz Sep 21 #3

Why does anyone who thinks human consciousness can survive without a brain think that it's so dependent muriel_volestrangler Sep 21 #4

Karl Jung believed it is a collective unconscious. Irish_Dem Sep 21 #6

So what is a "collective unconscious"? muriel_volestrangler Sep 21 #7

Carl Jung: Irish_Dem Sep 21 #8

But your personal consciousness is associated with your body, and thus matter muriel_volestrangler Sep 21 #9

I cannot say whether Carl Jung thought about alien beings or not. Irish_Dem Sep 21 #10

"It is assumed" - well, that's your problem right there. muriel_volestrangler Sep 21 #11

some folk simply cannot deal with reality Skittles Sep 21 #12

Some people like to deal with science. Irish_Dem Sep 21 #14

sorry, I think "afterlife" is a bunch of nonsense Skittles Sep 21 #15

Your theory is neither proven or unproven. Irish_Dem Sep 21 #17

yeah Skittles Sep 21 #19

We are discussing Jung's theory of the collective unconscious. Irish_Dem Sep 22 #21

There is no evidence for or against personal consciousness being personal. Irish_Dem Sep 21 #13

Yes, there is evidence for it being personal. I already mentioned it. muriel_volestrangler Sep 22 #20

Carl Jung was one of the greatest minds of the 19th century. Irish_Dem Sep 21 #16

Both your theory and Jung's theory are totally unproven. Irish_Dem Sep 21 #18

We play saxophone in an all-girl jazz combo in Las Vegas. Aristus Sep 22 #22

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence Stuckinthebush Sep 22 #23