[Open Mind]

Originally Posted by Venom

Susan Blackmore wrote a very interresting article about this: "Why psi tells us nothing about Consciousness"

Why psi tells us nothing about Consciousness

To sum up ..... Blackmore starts article ...

1. Are there any paranormal phenomena? and

2. If there are, do they help us to understand consciousness?

Blackmore makes flawed arguments such as .... psi in experiments is often unconscious/subconscious therefore, she reasons, psi has nothing to do with consciousness. Her reasoning is flawed, if the brain evolved to filtered psi out (and there are strong arguments why that would occur) ... psi will leak from an unconscious (i.e. filtered consciousness) level into the consciousness. So it has everything to do with consciousness, the brain is filtering to improve individuality of consciousness, to avoid interference to the local focus of consciousness, etc.

Yet in a style typical of Blackmore she confidently concludes ....

I will therefore answer my original two questions with "probably not", and definitely "no".

'Definitely "no"

It would be very tempting to conclude Blackmore definitely has had a tendency over the years to jump to unwarranted conclusions