David Bailey
Member
When discussing consciousness, people often link to fMRI studies that are supposed to show this or that. However, there has been doubt for a long time as to whether these are reliable. Although this is over two years old, it is still worth reading:
https://ideas.ted.com/much-of-what-we-know-about-the-brain-may-be-wrong-the-problem-with-fmri/
Here is an earlier, more technical report:
https://www.edvul.com/pdf/VulHarrisWinkielmanPashler-PPS-2009.pdf
I think we have to be very cautious about how much modern science is really reliable.
David
https://ideas.ted.com/much-of-what-we-know-about-the-brain-may-be-wrong-the-problem-with-fmri/
Here is an earlier, more technical report:
https://www.edvul.com/pdf/VulHarrisWinkielmanPashler-PPS-2009.pdf
I think we have to be very cautious about how much modern science is really reliable.
David