Why Occam's Razor doesn't apply to the hard questions of life

Occam's Razor is a very useful tool in Science however the more I think about it I don't think it should apply to the hard tough questions of life such as do we have free will?, Did the Universe come by chance or did it come by something creating the universe be that a god or some advanced alien civilization. How did life begin? and so many more. Applying as little assumptions as possble is a good thing however when it comes to these hard questions that may not work. I was watching this youtube video last night and did find it interesting here we have a realist monist Donald Hoffman is theory says that we are in a interface. Like we are all wearing a virtual reality set on our heads. But once we take off that virtual reality head set just like we would if you took one off by playing a virtual reality game you would find out that you still exist but the person you played in the game the avatar would die. If the avatar was killed. He is saying that our physical body is like a avatar where our consciousness is apart of the deeper reality outside the user interface. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfMCn42RRfw

Dr. Mark Solms says the Cortex is not the seat of Consciousness in the Brain

He thinks instead that we neuroscientists should consider taking consciousness down a level from thoughts to emotions. While destroying just a tiny area of the recticular brain stem does bring about automatic coma. This still doesn't tell us anything about consciousness it tells though that we can brings the brain/body into that state of automatic coma and we go completely unconscious Consciousness on the other hand is subjective in nature and does have physicality to it as well. Picking emotions just one feature of Consciousness is not enough to enravel the mystery of how consciousness is somehow produced by the brain. Dr. Mark Solms is just another Materialist scientist who instead of saying Consciousness is seated in the Cortex of the Brain it is seated Reticular core of the brainstem.

Youtube Atheists

Many if not most go by the line that they once believed in religion. I for one don't endorse religion as I see religion has had it's own monopoly on ideas such as life after death making anyone who dares investigate rather or not there is one or not just someone with a religious agenda. That couldn't be farther from the truth. I for one have never followed any religion nor have I read any holy books. I used to think that once your dead that it's there is nothing lights out. Of course as you know I am convinced that the scientific evidence for an afterlife is very strong. I can name numerous youtubers who are Atheists some with their own shows. They often attack people who are faith based who believe in the bible and other such holy books. I just had my second dose of the covid-19 vaccine. My first dose was Pfizer and my second dose was Moderna. I encourage anyone who hasn't gotten their first dose or second dose to get it.

Hi guys hope everyone is doing good!

Hey guys I know its been a long time since I have been on here. Not a lot going on other than the Covid 19 Pandemic which still has a grip on the world. I would like to discuss a youtube video I just watched yesterday it was about rather or not there is an immaterial soul that survives bodily death. The debate was completely one sided as the debaters were Materialist Atheists asserting that Science has given ample scientific evidence that their is no such thing as a immaterial soul. The reason why Psychical Research started was to demonstrate that all suppose mediums/psychics were frauds which is a good position to take as in science you would want to falsify your position. Well they did falsify it as it turns out some mediums/psychics really can communicate with the otherside. This scientific evidence has been presented on here a lot.

More blows to the view that the Mind is what the Brain does!

One of those now is the fact that dreamless sleep does not makes consciousness disappear. "When it comes to dreamlessness, conventional wisdom states that consciousness disappears when we fall into a deep, dreamless sleep". But researchers have come up with a new way to define the different ways that we experience dreamlessness, and say there’s no evidence to suggest that our consciousness 'switches off' when we stop dreaming. In fact, they say the state of dreamlessness is way more complicated than we’d even imagined. Source: https://www.sciencealert.com/your-consciousness-does-not-switch-off-during-a-dreamless-sleep-say-scientists?fbclid=IwAR1KALtkggRqhuV_LN6-B17EWbfJPTFh7t95LDLYv48ThpWmdftL7gEy52w Another blow is now scientific evidence showing that the Claustrum (region in the brain) is not the seat of Consciousness. It is not the so called elusive on and off switch of Consciousness. "Two studies published earlier this year suggest that the claustrum’s moment has passed. A study on five epileptic patients at Stanford University demonstrated that zapping the claustrum on both sides of the brain had no effect on their subjective experience.4 Corroborating this, a study on mice from investigators at the University of Maryland showed that deactivating the claustrum resulted in no apparent loss of consciousness.5 Based on these data, it seems that the claustrum may be yet another red herring in the hunt for the seat of consciousness". Source: http://nautil.us/issue/79/catalysts/where-is-my-mind?fbclid=IwAR1KALtkggRqhuV_LN6-B17EWbfJPTFh7t95LDLYv48ThpWmdftL7gEy52w

Is the mind dependent on the brain?

Many Neuroscientists think so however many are also interested in proving their pet theories. We know this for example in the Phineas Gage case, the same that can probably be said about other cases as well such as "The man who mistook his wife for a hat". I don't doubt these cases have happened just the interpretation of such cases. You have to be very careful not to leap to conclusions. For example, these cases are seen as scientific evidence that the mind is somehow produced by the brain.

Happy Canada Day

I hope all Canadians me included have a wonderful Canada Day. All Canada day events will be online this year because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Which does suck but nothing anyone can do about that. In other news I have just come across another article on the split brain experiments where they continue to show scientific evidence of one locus of consciousness. That when you split the brain you don't have two consciousness but one unified consciousness which is compatible with the filter/receiver analogy of consciousness/mind/brain.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0010945219303922?via%3Dihub