Hello Dipo,
You wrote: “In February 2022 an article was published in Nature containing the first line:
“Understanding how consciousness arises from neural activity
remains one of the biggest challenges for neuroscience.”
My Comments:
1. That would be THE challenge IF one is working on the HYPOTHESIS, that consciousness MUST arise in the brain.
– There is ABSOULTELY NO EVIDENCE for this HYPOTHESIS.
2. However, Buddha Dhamma is BASED ON the HYPOTHESIS that consciousness can arise ONLY in a hadaya vatthu created by kammic energy. As we know, hadaya vatthu is the key element in a gandhabba.
– As I have explained, in Buddha Dhamma, the brain plays a role, but consciousness DOES NOT arise in the brain.
– That is CONFIRMED by rebirth accounts by children all over the world. In recent years, EVEN MORE STRONG evidence has emerged from accounts of Nead-Death Experiences (NDE):
“Near-Death Experiences (NDE): Brain Is Not the Mind”
– These accounts show that, (i) there can be consciousness without a brain (NDE accounts), and (ii) consciousness can propagate through different lives (rebirth accounts) while the brain is limited to just one life.
3. Thus, one HYPOTHESIS from #1 and #2 above must be incorrect.
– There is no way for both to be true.
I would like to hear your thoughts.