Receiving Consciousness
I just finished reading Dan Brown’s latest page-turner, “The Secret of Secrets”. One of the main themes in the book is that consciousness is not something that is generated by the brain, but it is actually a nonlocal phenomenon that is broadcast from some mysterious cosmic source and picked up by the brain, which is simply a receiver for these conscious signals. It is a work of fiction, and quite entertaining. However…
This seems to be a fairly popular idea that has gained a lot of traction recently. In the last couple of weeks, I have encountered it in a number of Youtube videos, and several Medium articles that promote the idea and are convinced that there is concrete scientific evidence to support it.
What’s going on? Why do so many people now believe that the brain is simply a receiver, that picks up a broadcast of conscious thoughts from some mysterious transmitter. Apparently, it explains a lot: ESP, near death experiences, premonitions, astral projection, psychic abilities, schizophrenia, and a host of other phenonium.
The problem is that none of these Youtube videos or Medium articles provide any actual evidence to support the conjecture. Incredibly, they rarely mention where these broadcasts are coming from, who is transmitting them, how they are broadcast, and how the brain manages to pick them up.
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I’m quite willing to accept an idea if evidence can back it up, so I ask the following questions…
1. What is the source of these consciousness broadcasts. Where are they coming from and who’s responsible for the content.
2. My conscious experiences seem to be fairly personal. Does everyone have a personal broadcast channel dedicated to their personal conscious experience or do we just filter out the stuff that doesn’t apply to us. If so, how is this done.
3. What medium is used to transmit consciousness and what part of the brain picks it up.
4. Is there any way to pick up these transmissions without using a brain, could I build my own receiver.
If anyone has any evidence that conscious thoughts are being transmitted from some cosmic source and picked up by our brains, please let me know. I would also assume that my cat and the neighbour’s dog are also receiving these transmissions, because as far as I can tell, they also appear to be conscious too.
