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Originally Posted by RandomJohn  By the same token, how can someone who, though they have no love for the water, all of a sudden develop a love of swimming after recovering from the heart transplant of a champion swimmer who died tragically? Are we to discount this story and ones like it on the basis that it doesn't fit an assumption that consciousness is in the brain and seems to be backed up by equally odd stories of minor damage to the brain completely affecting what seems like a function of consciousness? Do psychoactive drugs not also affect the heart, liver, kidneys?
I don't think the question is so simple. |
I'd like to touch on this for a bit. I've heard similar stories. This implies that physical organs, ones previously part of a different person, can profoundly change ones behavior. Why do you think that is?