Toward the First Revolution in the Mind Sciences

[flowewritharoma]

B. Alan Wallace is a great presentator!.

[3877michael]

My quantum brain is tangled with my morphic field! I want my morphogenetic ancestors titty !

[SignoreBanani]

Youtube is priceless- merci

[Ontologistics]

It was all good until he responded to the last question about falsificationism, which was off-point and not concise.

He should have simply responded that the hypothesis that the mind is metaphysical would be falsified if it was shown that the mind is only physical. And as he earlier indicated, this has not been shown, therefore his is a valid thesis (if you accept falsificationism as a criteria of scientificality).

[Licmycat]

This is excellent. It's been very informative after the strange experiences I'm aware of about awareness and my brain before and after brain surgery for my anuerysm. Incredible-perfect way to marry science and religion. Blessings.

[vcoonrod]

Brilliant man.

[dylan3657]

love yourself for what you are no matter what you are anser this were did the strands of DNA come from, fusion of molicules, a collection of atoms bound together by negtive and positive charges shaped by sunlight and starlight you might say our DNA is starlight sunlight, partticules traveling at 690 trillion hertz .perception is a learned chemical reaction.answer this were did the DNA of the universe come from, our Mom and Dad conciveing us and giving us the abilty to precive above all =

[Happyascanbe1]

It takes a considerable lack of shame to use that Galieleo analogy here, since he was a sole voice in a desert--whereas you are attacking physicalism while vast majority of people don't believe in it or at least wish it not to be true anyway.

[Magusim]

Mental phenomena are part of the brain. Evidence for this would be talk to someone before brain damage and then talk to them after. Anyone who has used mood altering medications (depression medication). Also stimulation of key areas of the brain can produce emotions and other mental phenomena.

[MaBu888]

Mental phenomena are extremely subtle, usually. And brain and mind only have been correlated, perhaps, like B. Alan Wallace thinks, the brain is a conductor of consciousness, a facilitator. Meditation remains a solid phenomenological tradition, as much as psychology is a more external view of an internal process...

[xutamm]

You forgot to mention other evidence. Mind and brain incluence each other mutually. Correlation is not causation.

[Magusim]

@xutamm So what your saying is that the Physical medication can alter the spirit. Thus making the spirit just as damageable as the physical brain. If they are mutually effected by each other they would would death not mean death for the spirit?

[xutamm]

@Magusim No. My assertion did not include spirit. Spirit to me is another category. I meant certain human faculties and functions. Intention and atention more specifically (Could these be called mental functions?).

[Magusim]

@xutamm Apologies I am not sure why included spirit in this discussion I had no intent of misleading. They are functions of the brain. They have already demonstrated that morality can be manipulated by magnetic pulses on the brain. Attention is already alterable by drugs like Ritalin and Adderal.

[xutamm]

@Magusim Watchout for common ordinary mindset and concepts. Remember to include two way causality. Functions of the brain? What the brain wants ? Attention or morality also cause chemical physiological and even strustural changes on the brain. Mutual interference and causality.

I think the conceptual and logical paradigm which comes from quantum physics fits well to a series of reasoning matters.

come 2 my mind: remember to be human while being a scientist...science must answer to us as a whole

[greenelf12]

@Magusim yes just like all images in the t.v are produced purley by the t.v to prove that all you need to do is pull the plug out.....  oh wait ;o)

[noselfnoproblemo]

For a revolution connect w me. I need a youtube expert video poster.

[MaBu888]

How so or not

[semiliteratedgod]

you should have asked earlier, I don't remember after 3 weeks lol

though I trust myself: it MUST be bullshit...

[MaBu888]

Convenient. However, not to say that I completely agree with this video, mostly I do. If you don't know what's bullshit in there, then wjhrgbsjhrdkehgasbfdyekbgarehg­vau efhgqeurhgqurewt chgquiregqb urghqurghqrtg :) Meditation is not bullshit. If it is, then prove it.

[OneMove33]

Meditation can lower stress which is a health benefit, it can lower blood pressure and slow down heart rate putting the body into a healing state. I think life is one bing meditation : )

[sidthinker]

wow, what a find! Never heard of him, but he's right on...and a nice presentation style too.. nice pace, and levels of abstraction...integrated and also comprehensive...great.

[bobo007xx]

@sidthinker CIA

[MaBu888]

The Ramachandran would find it interesting.

[MaBu888]

Yes put a minus just in case!!!

[madashelldude]

Interesting challenge: observe the mind empirically so that experimental results are repeatable and conform to the scientific method while doing away with the working hypothesis of all empirical science ie. that the object of our study is part of the material reality, independent of the observer.

Not sure if this is doable, but I am curious to read his book about it 10 years from now ;)

[RobMonty248]

@madashelldude Observer = choice/emotion/intent.

[cosmicpilgrim]

Just two questions:

1. Have you considered Alfred North Whitehead in depth?...The secret might be a consideration of the PROCESS of subjective experience. Process doesn't need explanation. It simply IS.

2. What do you make of William James' interest in spiritualism. I have never known what to make of that. Do you?

[cosmicpilgrim]

Yes! This is brilliant and exactly what we need to be doing in the world. For far too long, we have made materialism and reductionism the focus for all scientific investigation. All subjective experience has been neglected and ignored. But subjective experience is not only important, it is urgent to do so now! Takes a bit of time, but it is well worth it!

[zencat01]

You might check into the Phenomenologists: Brentano, Husserl, and Heidegger. Husserl advocated a descriptive analysis of consciousness and how it is constituted. Much the same as what the speaker is driving at toward the end of the video regarding contemplative investigation.