Dr. egnor has written a very challenging article entitled “Why much current consciousness research is a fool’s errand,” dated may 4, 2025 IN MIND MATTERS. I will be posting selected excerpts from this article in the blogs to come.
i begin with the following comment, “modern neuroscientists still search the brain for the center of consciousness. it is no longer understood as a socket because these neuroscientists are mostly mATERIALISTS AND THUS REJECT THE VERY EXISTENCE OF THE SOUL. Rather, they seek a sort of consciousness CPU, AS IF THE BRAIN WERE a meat computer. . . . the fundamental problem with the present-day neuroscience of consciousness is that neuroscientists struggle even to define the term. consciousness is not synonymous with AROUSAL - YOU CAN BE CONSCIOUS OF DREAMS WHILE ASLEEP AND THUS VERY UN-AROUSED. at least 40% of people in the deepest level of un-arousal (persistent vegetative state) are conscious, as shown by careful testing. this inability to even define consciousness with clarity is emblematic of the conceptual mess that modern neuroscience hAS BECOME. ENTIRE DISCIPLINES OF SCIENTISTS ARE FEVERISHLY STUDYING THE PHYSIOLOGY OF SOMETHING THEY CAN’T EVEN DEFINE.”