Barbara Bradley Hagerty, religious correspondent for NPR, recently wrote about a woman who had brain surgery. Besides being under anesthesia during the surgery, all the blood was drained from her brain in order to do the procedure.
When she was conscious again, she was able to describe the operating theatre, who was there, the surgical tools that were used and even the exact conversations between the staff.
All of this raises questions as to whether consciousness is inside the brain or is it somehow being transmitted to us. Are we similar to a radio receiver tuning in to the signals being sent to us?
(Reported USA Today June 22, 2009)
Additional Reading: Finding Fear and Love of God Inside the Brain: http://bit.ly/GodBrain1
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