tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199197670936814554.post2347991904186886871..comments2023-08-19T05:13:04.687-07:00Comments on The Skeptic Review: 14-Year-Old Jehovah's Witness DiesRosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00714721344116790110noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199197670936814554.post-79150227781941491982011-06-08T10:08:23.332-07:002011-06-08T10:08:23.332-07:00I agree with you on the part about the judge. Unfo...I agree with you on the part about the judge. Unfortunately, our society gives such weight to arbitrary beliefs that they can trump medical science and simple logic.<br /><br />Interesting what you say about consciousness. I don't recall Einstein ever saying science would never explain it - do you have a quote to that effect? I'm sure it is a very complicated problem to solve, but I imagine that in time we will. Much great headway is being made even now. What IS clear is that consciousness is tied to the functioning of the brain, even if the mechanism is beyond our current understanding.Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00714721344116790110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199197670936814554.post-14543903396427566502011-06-08T07:53:43.996-07:002011-06-08T07:53:43.996-07:00Hard to agree with the judge, given that the kid w...Hard to agree with the judge, given that the kid was acting on a belief that has no supporting evidence. If the kid had said "Santa Claus says a blood transfusion is wrong," would the judge have said the same?<br /><br />Remarkable how the right name can change perceptions and lend credence to something that has no basis in reality.<br /><br />Filling people's heads with beliefs that can clearly lead to their death is effectively murder in my books.<br /><br />I'm agnostic. Yes, us agnostics do exist. Until science can show how matter can give rise to consciousness, I'll remain agnostic. Einstein said science will NEVER explain conscious experience. If you can reduce consciousness to a mechanism, then all that exists is that mechanism, and there is no such phenomenon as consciousness.Michaelnoreply@blogger.com