Has Science Found Religion & God?Consciousness on-off switch discovered deep in brain
The claustrum is revealing a few secrets
What say you and why isn't this thread in the Religion Forum? Because I think science can and will explain religious desires and experiences, whereas religion will never explain the science of the brain or mankind.
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Science and Technology
Developments that shape how we live our lives
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Religion and Ethics
Religion, Philosophy and the discussion of right and wrong
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Religion and gods come out of human minds. We do not see other animals or primates praying, worshiping, destroying others in the name of gods and building temples. Religion is a man thing and science is proving it all the time. People (some scientists included) just have a difficult time resolving what the mind desires and prejudices confirm along with what science tells us. Without consciousness there is no religion, no god, no human existence.
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The woman has seizures and...
When the team zapped the area with high frequency electrical impulses, the woman lost consciousness. She stopped reading and stared blankly into space, she didn't respond to auditory or visual commands and her breathing slowed. As soon as the stimulation stopped, she immediately regained consciousness with no memory of the event. The same thing happened every time the area was stimulated during two days of experiments (Epilepsy and Behavior, doi.org/tgn).
To confirm that they were affecting the woman's consciousness rather than just her ability to speak or move, the team asked her to repeat the word "house" or snap her fingers before the stimulation began. If the stimulation was disrupting a brain region responsible for movement or language she would have stopped moving or talking almost immediately. Instead, she gradually spoke more quietly or moved less and less until she drifted into unconsciousness. Since there was no sign of epileptic brain activity during or after the stimulation, the team is sure that it wasn't a side effect of a seizure.
To confirm that they were affecting the woman's consciousness rather than just her ability to speak or move, the team asked her to repeat the word "house" or snap her fingers before the stimulation began. If the stimulation was disrupting a brain region responsible for movement or language she would have stopped moving or talking almost immediately. Instead, she gradually spoke more quietly or moved less and less until she drifted into unconsciousness. Since there was no sign of epileptic brain activity during or after the stimulation, the team is sure that it wasn't a side effect of a seizure.
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