Article appeared here at The Conversation.
So… the article starts with this bomb. “These days, most of us accept that minds are dependent on brain function and wouldn’t object to the claim that ‘You are your brain.’” Nonetheless, I read on and glad I did because it addresses a few issues about brain interventions and the ethical issues that surround them.
However, I’d just like to point out that the sentence “I am my brain” doesn’t even make any sense grammatically. Lots of people would consider that statement nonsense without considering how subjects, objects and verbs are supposed to interact within a sentence.
But the author’s point is not that we are our brains, just that most people would accept this as being true. I still maintain that there is not even a sniff of scientific evidence to establish it as fact.
Great to see this deeper more objective look into the ethical implications of neuroscientific research and hopefully intelligent, rational conversations free of unsubstantiated scientific materialist belief will continue.