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thundara  ·  3613 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What do you worship?

    That animal experience is a product of cell function alone is one of the more banal of the hubristic attitudes kept by many scientists (neuroscientists being some of the worst offenders),

Yes and no?

I don't see much wrong with believing in a purely physical world, from a scientific perspective (atoms give rise to molecules give rise to cells give rise to tissue give rise to organs). Though it definitely falls over when doctors / scientists think that mass-blanking some receptor with a drug will somehow fix a person's problems. Sure, drugs may work, but sometimes it may be more effective to fix a person's head through purely psychological approaches.

Or am I misinterpreting what you said?