X-Message-Number: 25195 Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2004 18:26:00 -0800 (PST) From: Scott Badger <> Subject: Re: QE clarification Richard: You wrote: "The ego vs. bundle theories are not relevant to any of my arguments against patternism." Perhaps I'm mistaken but I brought up the point because I thought you had asserted that the QE resides in a localized area of the brain. This article suggested that your notion of a localized center of consciousness is not a very popular hypothesis. So, point of clarification. If 'I' am my QE and it resides in a localized area of my brain as you claim, would I still exist if that portion of my brain were surgically removed and exchanged with the QE section of another person's brain? Would it be 'me' with a new set of memories? Second, why do you say that qualia are not experienced during sleep? I certainly have subjective experiences in my dreams like seeing colors, feeling emotions, etc. How is this not qualia? And those are just the dreams I can consciously recall. How do you know that the QE'r isn't active all night long? Scott Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=25195