Nelson: Hmm... this article, while convincing,
prima facie, doesn't seem to allow for the possibility that consciousness might be comprised of a set of emergent properties of the brain that are contingent upon the brain's complexities remaining active. In plainer terms (I'm not trying to sound uber-technical, I swear, it's just hard
not to use philosophical terms when talking about this after a while), consciousness might be sort of a waste product or excess produced by the complexities of the brain - an after-image or after-taste, if you will.
Just playing devil's advocate.
