X-Message-Number: 14088
From: "Gurvinder Bagga" <>
Subject: Consciousness
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 10:00:30 +0530

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Hi everyone,


Thomas, what I am trying to find out is something like this (although the depth 
of the problem makes it difficult for me to explain it in clear words.) -


- In the Hindu philosophy there is the concept of the "Knower" and the "Known". 
The "Knower" might me what we call consciousness and the "Known" should be the 
memories or the experience that we have of the world through our senses, most of
which we forget (either immediately or with the passage of time).

The "Known" surely is that which gets 'stored' in the neuronal structure which 
we all know is dynamic.

This is what we are trying to preserve via cryonics. But can we also preserve 
the "Knower" i.e. the consciousness. If we can why not try to find out (if 
possible) which structure in the brain is responsible for this "Knower" 
phenomenon and give it that much more protection. Of course if "Knower" is an 
emergent property that comes when the brain fires in the way it does or is 
structured in the way it is then I might be wrong in trying to pinpoint the 
location of consciousness. I am also not implying here that the "Knower" might 
be a soul that interacts with our body when the body is 'alive' and gives us our
identity. But their is no proof that this might not be the case either. 


I will try to buy your resource from Alcor , but I am totally involved with the 
stock market here in Bombay and can hardly find time to read books that are 
available at the local library, forget doing research on memory! 
 

Bye!


Gurvinder 

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