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Originally Posted by AidanMatthews216  Why is it that memory, personality traits, and even facets of our consciousness can be lost due to brain damage? If those things reside outside of our brains, wouldn't they be immune to physical damage? |
I would presume that people who subscribe to the survival hypothesis would deny they are lost. It is simply that the altered structure of the brain prohibits their access.
If our mentality were to be wholly immune to any physical change in the state of ones brain, then this means you're saying we shouldn't need brains at all if the brain does not produce consciousness?