<DIV>Your missing the point, Bill, I think. Consciousness may be a product of neural pathways, but it is not the same thing as them any more than the color red is the same thing as a particular wavelength of light. Bill Bartlett <billbartlett@dodo.com.au> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">At 7:21 AM -0700 22/6/04, Chris Doss wrote: >Not at all. My consciousness is a product of my physical body, so it >only exists in the physical sense. Entirely physical, merely an >autonomous physical pattern of chemical and electrical signals. >--- >Where is your consciousness located then? What is its size and shape? Neural pathways are, of course, part of the organ called the brain. The average size of this organ is apparently 1400cc (3 pounds) and the shape is common knowledge. Here's an illustration of what your consciousness looks like: http://www.fi.edu/brain/images/nourish/1-_FXR2_composite.jpg Bill Bartlett Bracknell Tas ___________________________________ http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <hr size=1>Do you Yahoo!? <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/50x/*http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail/static/efficiency.html">Yahoo! Mail</a> - 50x more storage than other providers!