Why Must There Be a God?

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Re: Why Must There Be a God?

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Franktalk wrote:If you are going to make small machines then make them do something useful.

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We're finally getting around to correcting god's mistakes! :lol:
Kolob’s set time is “one thousand years according to the time appointed unto that whereon thou standest” (Abraham 3:4). I take this as a round number. - Gee
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Re: Why Must There Be a God?

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It would appear that thoughts originate in the biological matter of the brain and not in a "spirit."

Commissurotomy patients are usually tested with a tachistoscope, a device that presents to the patient a screen with a focal point in the center. The tachistoscope then flashes a word, picture, or scene in the non-overlapping visual field of one eye. This is done faster than the eye can move, to ensure that only one hemisphere of the brain receives the input.(4) When a key and a ring are flashed simultaneously in the left and right fields respectively, a normal viewer reports seeing "keyring". A split brain patient reports seeing only "ring". Even more notably, if the patient is told to use his left hand to pull the object he saw out of a bag, he pulls out a key. When asked what it is he pulled out, (without looking) the patient says, "A ring."

The explanation requires a rethinking of the brain. Think of the hemispheres as separate, independent entities – the left hemisphere is commonly the center of language, while the right hemisphere is mute. (2) When the patient was asked what he saw, the "speaking" hemisphere replied truthfully: it saw a ring. It received no information from the right hemisphere (left eye) because of the commissurotomy, and so had no way of knowing about the key. When the patient was asked to use his left hand to pull out what he saw, the right hemisphere, which saw a key, told the left hand to pull out a key. Subtle tactile sensations are contralaterally wired, so the left hemisphere could not feel the key; thinking all that was shown was a ring, it assumed that the left hand pulled out a ring.

The hemispheres seem to have different opinions, too – a split brain patient named Paul awoke from surgery to show an unheard-of amount of language skill in his right hemisphere. Though it could not speak, there was not only word association, but also complete sentence comprehension. Researchers were able to ask each hemisphere the same questions and compare the written answers. When asked, "Who are you?" both hemispheres answered, "Paul." But when asked, "What do you want to be?" the right hemisphere answered, "Automobile racer," while the left replied, "Draftsman."


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Kolob’s set time is “one thousand years according to the time appointed unto that whereon thou standest” (Abraham 3:4). I take this as a round number. - Gee
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