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So /sci/ what is the soul? Is it not simply just the brain actively functioning? What does the soul have that the brain does not account for?

>> No.4773763

Nothing.

>> No.4773770

Consciousness arises from the brain, the brain operates according to physical laws; it is a part of the universe. The universe can be sapient for some reason beyond me.

>> No.4773773

>>4773760
>Consciousness arises from the brain
what brain mechanism gives rise to consciousness?

>> No.4773776

We have a paranormal board, where things like this are discussed...

>> No.4773775

There is no soul, there's only a mind. There are different theories.

>> No.4773780

Since energy is matter, we can say that everything is energy including our thoughts and thus soul. Would this mean that there is no reincarnation but there is only the transferring of energy when we die? (since our whole body is just a mass of mixed energy that could have originated from other matter)
Why is this not accepted as a fact? What can debunk this?

>> No.4773781

Nobody knows or cares now fuck off to some other site that indulges in this bullshit

>> No.4773783

>>4773773
Pineal gland

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>>4773773
Causality, recursion, fractal geometry, I'm only capable of speculating though.

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>>4773763
>>4773781
>>4773776

>> No.4773790

>>4773785
Funny how those are vaguely interrelated

>> No.4773794

Nobody has brought up the q word so far?

>> No.4773797

quantum consciousness
/thread

>> No.4773798

>tfw almost every ancient tribe believed that the soul resides in the pineal gland
>tfw the pineal gland is calcified in almost every human nowadays cause of added fluoride in our tap water

...
>tfw im not even wearing a tinfoil hat
seriously, look it up, that shits true

>> No.4773811

>>4773798
>ancient tribes
>pineal gland knowledge
dont think so.

>> No.4773814

>reading in wikipedia about the pineal gland
>read: "In 1917 it was known that extract of cow pineals lightened frog skin"
>they really test everything

>> No.4773822

OP come here
>>>/b/405892621

and or watch

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaDOkMEK4uk

not saying anything/everything in the above video is true.. but its a new/interesting prospective and i think you'd be very interested

>> No.4773826

i don't think it is the soul but i tend to believe that mind and will are seperate things
brain is the processor and storage unit, that much is physically explainable but willpower...that still has a huge question mark both physically and philosophically behind it.
before you mislead this, no i don't believe in supernatural/imaginary beings like god but there may be another sort of forcefield that we don't yet know about like electromagnetism, gravitation, strong force etc. and that "willpower" field is interacting with something in the brain, only sufficiently evolved ones. The interaction frequency changes from person to person giving rise to different personality ilusion where it actually arises from the same force field. Idk i've actually got more insightful evidence for this but don't feel like sharing

>> No.4773844

>>4773826
Back to /x/ with ye

>> No.4773848

>>4773822
this made me so angry

>> No.4774168

If anyone's got it right, I'd say it's the Buddhist. see (http://www.buddhanet.net/pdf_file/milinda.pdf)) for a buddhist view on soul.

Basically soul is nothing more a concept.