It’s not similar to “god of the gaps” at all, as I’m not inserting anything inside of that gap. I have no fucking clue what’s causing it to emerge, and I probably never will. Rather than saying “I don’t know what’s causing lightning so it must be Zeus,” I’m saying “I don’t know what’s causing lightning, but I can see it’s coming from the sky.” Or in this case, I have no idea what’s causing us to experience consciousness, but it seems to be a result of our brain.
And I see no evidence for the idea that consciousness can even exist outside of the brain, nor that an afterlife exists.
As far as I see there are correlations with the brain, but until I see a smoking gun I don’t feel it appropriate to say causation.
However I don’t think anyone out there, even the most diehard believer in whatever mysticism you fancy would go as far as to say there aren’t correlations.
That said correlations appear to be all there are.
It’s not similar to “god of the gaps” at all, as I’m not inserting anything inside of that gap. I have no fucking clue what’s causing it to emerge, and I probably never will. Rather than saying “I don’t know what’s causing lightning so it must be Zeus,” I’m saying “I don’t know what’s causing lightning, but I can see it’s coming from the sky.” Or in this case, I have no idea what’s causing us to experience consciousness, but it seems to be a result of our brain.
And I see no evidence for the idea that consciousness can even exist outside of the brain, nor that an afterlife exists.
As far as I see there are correlations with the brain, but until I see a smoking gun I don’t feel it appropriate to say causation.
However I don’t think anyone out there, even the most diehard believer in whatever mysticism you fancy would go as far as to say there aren’t correlations.
That said correlations appear to be all there are.
Edited for clarity