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1. The light coming
from an object is transformed into electrical signals by the
cells in the eye and then transmitted to the center of vision
in the brain. And the electrical signals there are turned into
an image. For example you actually see this message in your
brain. Then who is the one that sees and perceives the image
of this message in the brain? How do you define the consciousness
that can see this image in the brain without the need of an
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2. Brain is a piece of flesh composed of lipids, proteins
and other various molecules. Could the consciousness that
sees this image be this piece of flesh? Or could the brain
cells make up a consciousness that sees these electrical signals
as a sea view or an e-mail message?
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3. No light penetrates the skull, which means the brain
is entirely in darkness. Then how does such an illuminated,
clear image is formed in this pitch-dark place? For instance
how are the rays of the sun seen over the unlit brain cortex?
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4. Also no sound enters the brain. This means there is deep
muteness where the brain exists. However, people listen to all
different sounds inside the brain. The sound waves are turned
into electrical signals inside of the ear and then transmitted
to the center of hearing. And the consciousness inside the brain
listens to these for instance as a melody. Then who is it that
listens to the loud music aired from powerful loudspeakers and
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5. The image is formed inside a miniature spot in the
brain. Then how is the three-dimensional image with depth
is formed on this diminutive screen? For instance when I look at the horizon or the sky, how such an image with vast depth is formed at this tiny spot of the vision center just as identical to its original, with the same depth and sense of distance? What is it that gives me the feeling of distance
and space?
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6. One who claims that there is a car outside and that
he sees it, should answer the following questions:
- The
image of the car is formed in the visual center of human
brain, which is only a few centimeter squares in size. If
the image of a few- meter-long car fits into that tiny area,
then should the visual center not be at least the size of
the car?
- Respectively,
if the visual center of the brain were several meters in
size, should the human brain not be in great dimensions
in accordance to the size of this area?
- If
the human brain had covered such a vast area, should the
human body not be kilometers long in direct proportion to
its brain?
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we speak of a person seeing just a car. Let us consider the
same situation for some
one
who looks at a valley extending kilometers away. If this person
claims to see the actual valley, then the visual center of
his brain should be covering at least an area of several kilometers.
Accordingly, his brain, internal organs, arms and legs should
have gigantic dimensions.
Since this is not the case, is it not irrational to claim
that there exists outside a car of several meters long and
a valley stretching far and wide and that man deals with the
originals of these materials?
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7. When a person sees a glass of water, in fact he does
not see its real form but only a copy of it in his brain.
The coldness that he feels when touching the glass surface
is not the real coldness of the glass but only a copy of it.
This means nobody is ever able to feel that he touches the
real glass. Since it is not his fingers that feel the sense
of touch, but merely the sense of touch in the brain. Should
we not in this case conclude that people are never able to
reach the reality of objects and can never touch the reality
of a glass? But not every person knows this fact. Everyone
thinks they touch and see real objects. Is it not strange
that people are not aware of this and they never think about
this?
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8. Nothing changes when a person is hit by a bus or comes
across a lion. Since, just like the image of the bus, the sense
of collision or the fear while running away from a lion, all
form in the brain. When I see a bus, I see it at the center
of vision inside my brain. If I go and hold the door of the
bus, I feel the coldness of the metal inside my brain. Then
I cannot discriminate from this fact what happens when I feel
pain if a bus hits or a lion bites. Then is it not very illogical
when people say 'it shows I am in contact with the bus or the
lion because I feel pain when the bus hits or the lion bites'?
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9.
We live the entire period of our lives inside our brains.
In a similar way, we also have dreams in our brain. For instance
when we touch a piece of ice in our dream, we feel it is wet
and cold. Or, when we smell a rose, we get the wonderful scent
of it. We again sense the feelings of fear, pain, anxiety
and panic in a similar fashion. Then are the dreams and the
real life the same in this sense?
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10.
The person's own body is also included in the images a
person see. So, a person only sees the copy of his own body.
This means every person all through his life lives in the
cave in his skull where he never knows what is outside, including
his own body and other objects. Now think over this happening
once more: Right now are you inside of the room you are present
or is the room inside of you? Isn't the second alternative
the right answer scientifically?
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11. Let us imagine 5 different people who look at a garden
of roses. Since every one of these people see the rose garden
in his own brain, then aren't there 5 different rose gardens
in the brains of every one of the 5 people? Is the color red
that each one sees the same with the other's perception of
red? Would there be any possibility to compare these?
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12.
We say that the original objects we see the copies of in our
brain exist outside, but what if nothing exists outside? Since
we never have the ability to test or observe this. Then is
it not dubious that the original objects are outside? At least
there is a 50-50 percent possibility. Then how can we be sure
that the original objects are outside? If there is no original
object outside, then what is the entity that makes the images
and the senses in our brain?
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13.
If we are living an illusion that has the possibility of
not having any reality outside, then we may be existing in a
very different place. For instance is it not possible for the
entire humanity to exist right over a piece of crystal? Or is
it not possible that the complete history of humanity has been
experienced in a place not bigger than the head of a pin? Would
there be anything to stop us thinking in such a broad extent? |
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14. Some people are incredibly afraid when these topics
are discussed? What do you think the reason for this may be?
Comments From Some
Scientists and Thinkers Asked About The Nature Of Matter
*Many thanks for your e-mail and its most interesting contents.
I am not a scientist, but I found your questions very interesting.
I cannot give any scientific answers to your questions but
I must say that I learnt a lot by reading them. Thank you
for writing and I will share your questions with some friends
in the sciences to see what answers they will give. Best wishes
and, again, than you for writing. Kofi Opoku
*All of your questions and observations are insightful and
right on target! These are old questions of course, but to
this day they are not fully resolved. In fact modern neuroscience
and psychology and even philosophy would be much advanced
if their researchers were as concerned about these questions
as you are. Unfortunately, your question #13 is also right
on target (Question #13. Some people are incredibly afraid
when these topics are discussed? What do you think the reason
for this may be?) The answer is that when you see the world
correctly, the way you describe it, it is a very very frightening
prospect. But the truth is always worth discovering, even
if it is a frightening truth. Steve Lehar
*You ask a number of interesting questions that have troubled
philosophers for centuries. Certainly we could be living in
a virtual world inside some supercomputer, and never know
the difference, as in the movies Tron or The Matrix, but as
long as the "laws of nature", which could be part
of the programming, remain stable, and we can't tell the difference,
it doesn't make a difference. Naturally, many people are afraid
of thoughts of this kind because they threaten their comfortable
worldviews. Jon Roland (President and CEO of the Vanguard
Research Institute)
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