[Venom]

Interresting interview, even if I think that he misinterpret and misrepresent the state of parapsychological research, and also the state of neuropsychological research.

At some point at the beginning of the interview, Alex tries to ask him about all the studies that support the "consciousness is a by-product of the brain" point of view, and he answers that there are none, with it's obviously completely BS.

On one side you have millions of research in neuropsychology who shows that consciousness correlates with brain activity. Ok, we all know, correlation is not causation. But according to Occam's Rasor, the logical conclusion must be that consciousness is a by-product of the brain.

On the other side, you have a bunch of studies, who have a HUUUUUGGGGGEEEEEE problem of replication, and the scientific community has good reason to be skeptical of those researchs.

So on one side, a very strong argument for "consciousness is a by-product of the brain" on the other side a really, but really weak argument that's not the case.

But he just fly over that like it's nothing, because blablabla... BS!

Anyway, does it even occur to those psi-believers that saying that if consciousness exist outside of the brain, we should be able to observe consciousness in that state (and not by testimonies of any sort, I'm talking about direct observation). Or do they claim that consciousness just exist outside our reality, in a supernatural world. If they do that, do they realise that they just left the realm of science and enter the realm of... I don't know... religion?

I mean, if supernature exist, can we observe it directly? And can we explain the process that occurs in it? I don't think so (well, because I don't think that a supernature do exist anyway).

He says that claiming that consciousness exist "somewhere" (but where?) outside the brain solve the question of what is consciousness. I find that really not to be the case. It raises thousands of question about that "where?" (the first one is where is that "where?") and how that "where?" works.