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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Topophobia" data-source="post: 12326014" data-attributes="member: 378818">Concerning metaphysical issues like consciousness, for me, it is hard to accept the notion that there is a non-physical substance (or a combination of non-physical entities) that is - an island of consciousness in human beings, well, in human body, to be precise. If our minds are things other than our brains, then we should expect to see mind in its intact form after removing the brain. Actually, if some thing like reincarnation to happen, our mind should be able to survive the death of the brain. However, this is not the case. A person's psychological life can be vastly affected by physical damage to the brain. This implies that consciousness is nothing *mental* after all. In addition, consider situations where we get hit badly and knocked unconscious in effect. In those situations, there are disruptions in the normal brain functioning. If mind is something other than the body, our mental life should be intact and we should not be *unconscious* after all. Nonetheless, that is not what really happens, in reality, we actually become unconscious when we are knocked down unconscious.</blockquote>

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