tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post7540331583467386268..comments2024-03-28T05:13:13.921-04:00Comments on Books, Inq. — The Epilogue: To post or not to post ...Frank Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18410473158808750903noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-28381592543069142632007-08-31T13:01:00.000-04:002007-08-31T13:01:00.000-04:00All points well taken, Charlene. I also think that...All points well taken, Charlene. I also think that any explanation of an experience that explaisn the experience away is dubious, however scientific it may be. Like Dr. Johnson, I think that experience trumps all theories.Frank Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18410473158808750903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-78182724756631728702007-08-30T13:00:00.000-04:002007-08-30T13:00:00.000-04:00Without understanding all the medical science invo...Without understanding all the medical science involved, I can't make an informed guess, but it seems to me that the entire hypothesis is somewhat backwards. <BR/><BR/>If he'd been directly stimulating the brain, isn't he effectively measuring how long it takes the brain to communicate to the finger (or where ever) to communicate with the brain to move? I think of direct brain stimulation as a kind of brain injury. Our physiology is a complex machine. <BR/><BR/>Take the supposition that the brain 'decided' to move a finger before we consciously decided to - and this kind of thing happens a lot with palsies, etc, then the movement is uncontrolled. Now assume that our conscious choices are a build up of subconscious analysis and reason BEFORE the physical machinery...then what? Wouldn't our brains be busy ticking over all its information before we said "hey! my foot itches, I better scratch it."Charlene D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01084413227549551751noreply@blogger.com