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5. The brain cannot be stimulated to produce metaphysical realities like, love, the experience of color, deep emotional pain, etc...
No sir, we are far more than just a collection of neurons which react to stimuli.
discipler
(Jul 15 05, 08:03)have you ever taken exstacy, discipler? i'm not being facetious, but honestly chemical reactions are why so many people "see god" on drugs.
vespa
(Jul 15 05, 08:08)vespa, there's a vast chasm between drug induced halucination and ability to willfully decide or believe something.
discipler
(Jul 15 05, 08:10)erm. not sure that that was what the gal was getting at. and even if it was, i think it's a fool's paradise to claim that emotion is somehow ontologically priveledged over neurology. experiential reality is experiential reality, whether you act and react to the drug called mdma, the drug called god or the drug called reality.