Man with no brain
Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2013 2:32 pm
After reading this topic i became interested in the brain-mind link.
Then i found this:
From Christian point of view:
So the question here is;
Is the mind independent of the brain formation since the mind is known as the function of the brain?
And what is the origin of the mind if we can't agree with the Christians?
Then i found this:
From Christian point of view:
From Buddhist perspective, it was the activity of the mind that creates things.Daniel H. Harris wrote:The Man Without a Brain!
One young man examined by Dr. Lorber, who was then a student at Sheffield University, had a measured IQ of 126, a first class honors degree in mathematics; and virtually no brain. This student's brain cortex is a layer about 1/25th of an inch (1 mm) thick, lining his skull. His brain weight is estimated to be about 2/10 of one pound (about 0.090 kg). That is only about 7% of normal brain weight. This student is one of many normal persons with almost no brain.
Clearly these observational facts show that intelligence and brain size are not related. Normal brain size is not necessary to be of perfectly normal intelligence. What makes man unique is not the size of his brain.
The Expectation of Evolution is Just Plain Wrong!
But the belief that brain size and weight must be related to intelligence is essential to the evolutionists supposition that man arose from apelike ancestors, this belief is the core of evolutionary thinking, it is the tree on which the paleontologists hang the transition from ape to man. This expectation-prediction of evolution, is totally contrary to the observations, it's just pain wrong. Man does not have just an unusually large and complex animal brain, A large brain is not what makes man unique, nor is it what makes man human.
The Human Mind is a True Miracle.
Therefore, we are led to the inescapable conclusion that man did not arise by the naturalistic process of evolution from animal ancestors. The human mind can only be understood as being the result of a supernatural agency. Your mind is a gift from God. The human mind is a true miracle, not just a complex computer or an advanced animal brain. There is much more to mind than just brain.
Man: Made in the Image of God.
The Holy Bible makes clear that man is special because man is made in the image of God (see Gen 1:27). Man is made intelligent and man is given the faculty of speech, not by random evolutionary developments. Man is what he is for the purpose of pleasing the God who made him, the God who made the entire universe [to see that God made the universe please click on INFINITY #2: Purpose and Order in the Universe.]
So the question here is;
Is the mind independent of the brain formation since the mind is known as the function of the brain?
And what is the origin of the mind if we can't agree with the Christians?