Jack:

We're talking about a whole different topic here; to put it another way there are two views of what a person is (maybe more, but two major ones): one is that a person is merely a body with a complex computer on top, and a lot of experiential wetware patterns that add up to what passes for thought.

Another view is that a human being is a spiritual being running a mind and a body complex.

In the latter model, minds (complexes of thoughts and pictures and methods for using them) are a byproduct of thought by the being, not a product of meat. And in that model, an OOB individual, for example, thinks quite well. Those who have had NDEs while flatlining a brain-monitor and have then come to also report they had a continuous mental life throughout, regardless of the flat-line monitor.

Go figger! :D


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