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Originally Posted by Yafi

It's not a "commonly-held belief". It's a scientific consensus based on the ideas that, first, there's no evidence for consciousness external to the physical brain (yes, I know you say there's evidence; so where is it?) and second, that there's no physical mechanism in any case - one suggestion is that the brain is a "receiver", but if that's the case where are the signals that it receives? If the brain is receiving, then the signals must be able to interact with physical matter; we know of three forces that interact with matter (electroweak, gravity, strong nuclear) and none of these would fit the bill (we know all about the electromagnetic spectrum, the strong and weak forces only operate at atomic or subatomic distances, signaling using gravity would require moving large masses around). So are you suggesting another force? One that can interact with brain tissue, and yet has never been detected?

Let's say that some real, solid evidence that anyone can see, actually showed up. Would it "overthrow" anything? Don't be daft, of course it wouldn't. It'd be like 1905 when Einstein "overthrew" Newtonian physics, or when Hubble discovered the expansion of the Universe, or just about ANY major scientific discovery. If it proved to be true, it would become part of our understanding, new science, new truth.

You talk about "overthrowing" science like it's a despotic government. It shows that you have no clue what science really is, or what skepticism really is.

Maybe there is evidence for consciousness being more then physical mechanism's in the brain, if you actually listened to the show. Notice how alex said <i believe>, in which he was suggesting this different view of consciousness is a completely valid one which needs to be thoroughly investigated without jumping to conclusions based on illusions or ignorance. The rationale behind this is we obviously have no idea how consciousness works, and further investigating this phenomena we can further comprehend the nature of our consciousness, which is one the most important subjects to be studied in science.