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I figure the brains going to be more like a memory chip.
If we allow a memory chip to completely loose its capacitance and no more electrical charge is in it, it also looses its memory.
And no amount of electrical current will bring back the memory it had.
And so it is with the brain. You cannot just add an electric current and bring back the memories.
And I still don’t believe a memory chip has a soul.
Why can't we just supply the brain with electricity, and bring back the dead? In death, the electrical activity of the brain ceases, so all we should have to do is apply electricity, right? That's the scientific answer.
Apparently, there's something more than that.
Because the electricity is highly organized, and you can't just pump electricity into it and expect it to start back up again.
Is there any question in your mind that you can no longer think if the brain is dead??
Why can't we just supply the brain with electricity, and bring back the dead? In death, the electrical activity of the brain ceases, so all we should have to do is apply electricity, right? That's the scientific answer.
Once again, there is no feeling. Feeling requires a body and a mind. Nonexistance doesn't feel. It is a fairly silly posit. Once you take away the hypothesis of a soul that somehow exists and has thinking ability without a body, the whole argument goes away.
Like you said, "non-existence doesn't feel." That's also what I argue is the only way non-existence can feel. And I'm sorry, but you're way off when you say my argument goes away when you take away the hypothesis of a soul that exists. In fact, it's the exact opposite. My argument totally relies on taking away the hypothesis that the soul exists. My argument is only true if you assume we have no souls!
Like you said, "non-existence doesn't feel." That's also what I argue is the only way non-existence can feel. And I'm sorry, but you're way off when you say my argument goes away when you take away the hypothesis of a soul that exists. In fact, it's the exact opposite. My argument totally relies on taking away the hypothesis that the soul exists. My argument is only true if you assume we have no souls!
I'm with ya' Kid EH. Just like we weren't eager with anticipation to get life, we won't be missing life after it is over. The experience post "working brain" will be the same as the experience pre- "working brain."
For some, the process of dying is quick and relatively painless. For many, the process of death is slow and agonizing. That's what I fear. I don't like pain.
I agree with the OP that once we're dead, it's the same as before we were born.
Also, another point to make is the experience of being under general anesthesia. For any of you who have ever been put under deep anesthesia (as I have), it's very different from just being asleep. In some ways I feel like that is similar to death as well.
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