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  1. If I may interject, EEG studies in brain death connects the nonexistence and non-expression of consciousness with brain function cessation. If not Moontanman, I certainly could in discussion if you are will to sit through several hours of instruction in brain evolution and function, which would include dissection in illustrations and peer-reviewed science spanning nearly 200 years of brain research. Our brain structure provides a remarkably clear record of how it evolved to its present state. I learned as much while researching a book on the dreaming brain's neuropsychology.
  2. If you haven't sufficiently studied the nature of brain function and brain evolution, which seems quite obvious, then it's easy to understand your misperception. If you have, then you should know that consciousness is an output of a system evolved for that purpose. "light/photons/information/electromagnetism" (sensory) are merely the forms of input that system might receive to produce consciousness. Empirically, unequivocally, unquestionably that system is brain function and consciousness is merely an output arising, emerging, originating from how this system (brain function) processes and integrates the sensory input it receives. Nothing is more evident of the role of brain function in producing consciousness than the profound changes in perception, personality, behavior, and quality of life we observe through sufferers of brain damage.
  3. I disagree; science does indeed have sufficient knowledge to understand the nature of consciousness because it is a known quality emerging from physical existence. The concept of consciousness would not have emerge in us (humanity) without our physical existence. It is because of humanity's ability to determine and understand the intricacies of its physical nature that we are able to determine and understand that consciousness emerges from brain structure and function.
  4. I agree with Strange, chemistry = physics is a specious argument given the position you appear to support. The position you espouse would suggest that all matter is consciousness, which it is not given human equivalency as the only scientifically verifiable mean by which we are able to quantify the true nature of consciousness. Human equivalency assures humanity that it is indeed conscious and our equivalency in brain structure assures us of the means by which we are able to determine that quality.
  5. If I may join your discussion, I read the articles in your citations and they appear to at best involve quite of bit of hyperbole and, at worst, author's bias. Hydrocephalus doesn't necessarily destroy brain tissue as the articles suggest, but rather compresses healthy brain tissue into thin layers. Despite what those articles suggest, sufferers of congenital hydrocephaly are living with 100% of their brain with the distinction that this percentage has been compressed into a smaller portion of normal brain volume by an excess of cerebrospinal fluid. Consciousness arising from brain function, which is the result of electrochemical processes in the brain rather than electromagnetic processes exclusively, is confirmed by every case of brain death since the dawn of humanity. No evidence in cogent, universally accepted science to-date has shown consciousness persisting after brain death. Further still, those electromagnetic processes believed to be the basis of consciousness cannot exist without the biological and metabolic processes in the brain that give rise to its electromagnetic activity.
  6. According to this Physicist Illinios article: "Professor of Physics Peter Abbamonte and graduate students Anshul Kogar and Mindy Rak, with input from colleagues at Illinois, University of California, Berkeley, and University of Amsterdam, have proven the existence of this enigmatic new form of matter, which has perplexed scientists since it was first theorized almost 50 years ago." "So what exactly is excitonium? Excitonium is a condensate—it exhibits macroscopic quantum phenomena, like a superconductor, or superfluid, or insulating electronic crystal. It’s made up of excitons, particles that are formed in a very strange quantum mechanical pairing, namely that of an escaped electron and the hole it left behind. It defies reason, but it turns out that when an electron, seated at the edge of a crowded-with-electrons valence band in a semiconductor, gets excited and jumps over the energy gap to the otherwise empty conduction band, it leaves behind a “hole” in the valence band. That hole behaves as though it were a particle with positive charge, and it attracts the escaped electron. When the escaped electron with its negative charge, pairs up with the hole, the two remarkably form a composite particle, a boson—an exciton."
  7. Today I learned about the C.Elegans and how researchers have digitized and inserted its brain into robots. Apparently scientists have mapped the C.Elegans entire connectome, which is the only one they've managed to map completely.
  8. As I understand, microwave ovens employs frequencies of electromagnetic radiation. My presumption have been that to cook food this has primarily involved frequencies of sound. For a novice, such as myself, could you briefly explain how the speed of light and electromagnetic radiation are linked?
  9. Very much like a placebo effect wherein our body appears to respond to what we're mentally convinced is true or real.
  10. It is wholely conceivable that some of our physical experiences in dreams could present with some real physical symptom or effect much like those experienced under hypnotic suggestion. For example, a person under hypnosis may present with a rash or blistering when it's suggested that her arm is exposed to a heat source when in reality that is just a hypnotic suggestion. Further still, psychosomatic illnesses and conditions wouldn't be a thing without real evidence of such occurrences. Such illnesses and conditions prove a strong mind/body connection. However, real injury involving abrasions or lacerations likely occur during sleep and dreaming through the sleeper's contact with something in her sleep environment. It's conceivable that sleeping on the floor could cause the injuries you've described. Regarding your mother's trip, unconsciously you may have been aware of your mom's desire to travel and your concerns about that desire resulted in your dream. Her father, your grandfather, in this dream likely reflects your fatherly concern about the interest in traveling you may have unconsciously detected in your mother's prior conversations.
  11. Today I learned about Cotard's Syndrome, which is a rare psychosis involving somatic delusions of missing body parts and even a belief that one has died when one clearly remains alive and in good physical health.
  12. There's very little probability that your injuries are a result of what happened in your dreams. It's likely they are a result of hypnogogic experiences causing you to thrash about while semi-asleep resulting in the injuries you experienced. However, you should consult a sleep specialist near you should you continue to have these experiences or abnormal sleep. I hope this helps.
  13. Today I learned that those white spots that sometimes appear under our fingernails are call Leukonychia and that certain types may confer serious health conditions from malaria and leprosy to Darier's disease, liver failure, and kidney failure. There are four primary types: Punctata, stratia, longitudanal and totalis.
  14. Today I learned about supernumerary nipples and why some people have them. According to the Wiki and Seeker references, these are the extra breast nipples that form along our embryotic milk lines but regress before birth; however, some do not and can become fully formed nipples and breasts.
  15. Have you tried Google?
  16. According to this article in The Atlantic, based on a paper published in Nature: This BBC News article provides a diagrams of the location and size of the newly discovered void. Enjoy!
  17. I appreciate your insights. As I now understand, the flux of vacuum energy is an insufficient account for dark energy; however, as I'm aware, the rate of our universe's expansion is increasing beyond the pull of dark matter. To a novice, like myself, the connection between energies from dark sources in our universe seem rather obvious but, alas, it isn't. Nevertheless, it's a fascinating study.
  18. I see...being a novice to all of this, I have another question. Would the distinction of 10150 x being too large to be dark energy depend on the quantity of virtual particles present or created in space? Or is it that dark energy presents uniformly and virtual particle energy doesn't? What I'm asking is if there is a point of equilibrium between potential zero point energy bursts, if you will, and whatever uniform measure of dark energy might be?
  19. I'm curious, could there be any relationship between the virtual particles in the vacuum of space and dark energy or, perhaps, dark matter?
  20. Thanks. However, I morn the loss of those 1920 specimens that the article mentioned and the wealth of insight they certainly could have provided.
  21. Scientists have discovered India's first ever Ichthyosaur according to this AFP article. It's believe that this "groundbreaking discovery" could "shed light on a possible marine seaway between India and South America when the ancient continents were fused together millions of years ago". Enjoy!
  22. According to this National Geographic Article: The article also contains a link to the original paper published on this finding, which definitively doesn't "rewrite human history". Enjoy!
  23. American politics is a quagmire and ignorance of its intricacies isn't unusual even among our citizenry who should be more informed or at least display as much interest as that shown by the citizens of foreign nations, like yourself, commenting here in this forum.
  24. Isn't it obvious? The Russians of course and their continual interference in our electoral processes. Trump has accepted their aid with their interference and he has tried to impede investigation of their efforts through the firing of James Comey.
  25. Today I learn about "the way to spiritual power through discipline" as practiced by Shugendō monks beginning in the 7th century until outlawed by the Japanese government. Essentially, the practice involved a method of extremely slow suicide called self-mummification, which lasted about 9 years if successful. Ritualized suicide, ultimately religious escapism.
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