No one can figure out how the brain creates an image: how does the physical matter in our brain generate an image that we can see? A recent article I read said that the brain was nothing like a computer.
The universe seems to have consciousness built into it, and Donald Hoffman believes that this is where our consciousness is coming from. He also believes that some sort of consciousness survives death.
Professor Donald Hoffman's theories use a lot of maths, which I find interesting. Evolution can be proven mathematically, and Dr Hoffman’s theories stand up well in the maths too. It’s all purely academic, I agree.
The video below is recent, and the one below that I have posted before. A nice way to relax for the evening, I think.
Is there an Infinite Mind? | Donald Hoffman Ph.D. | Waking Cosmos
The Case Against Reality
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Science fiction is more entertaining.
Life imitating fiction:
https://www.sciencealert.com/a-man-who-lives-without-90-of-his-brain-is-challenging-our-understanding-of-consciousness
Rather than 90 percent of this man's brain being missing, it's more likely that it's simply been compressed into the thin layer you can see in the images above.
So there's not that much matter after all...
I remember reading about those people 40 years ago. Quite incredible. They were normal in every way.
Here's another:
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/girl-with-half-her-brain-becomes-speech-pathologist-as-an-adult/
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