Sidney Siu- Week 2
Sidney Siu
Week 2
Near-Death Experiences
In Near-Death Cases Desegregating Non-Locality /Disembodiment via Quantum Mediated Consciousness: An Extended Version of the Cell-Soul Pathway, by Contzen Pereira and J Shashi Kiran Reddy, the difference between bodily consciousness and functional consciousness is taken in a direction that both connects and disconnects the ties of science and philosophy. The way the research essay presents bodily consciousness is a definition in which many are familiar with, which is when the material state of the body only exists with living cellular function. In contrast, the functional consciousness is a theory in which "consciousness occurs beyond the physical boundary of the body" (952) and can be found as an out-of-body, near-death, or end-of-life experience.
Taking a different route in relating spiritual ideology to this reading, I would like to connect an episode of Black Mirror to this. In the last episode of season 4, "Black Museum," there is a particular story that reminds me of a somewhat out-of-body/near-death/end-of-life experience. The story is of a dying wife whose 'consciousness' gets technologically imported into that of the husband. From there, she is able to 'live' through his body and eyes, where this part of his consciousness in which she lives in is visually presented as her sitting in a dark space in front of big screens that show the view of the husband's eyes. Having two minds in one head creates problems for the couple and the husband ends up signing to put 'her' into a toy monkey for her child to play with. So, this is an interesting take on an out-of-body experience in that she is not only outside of her own body, but experiences consciousness in both another living body and an inanimate object. In what ways does this episode disrupt the spiritual theory of functional consciousness?
Week 2
Near-Death Experiences
In Near-Death Cases Desegregating Non-Locality /Disembodiment via Quantum Mediated Consciousness: An Extended Version of the Cell-Soul Pathway, by Contzen Pereira and J Shashi Kiran Reddy, the difference between bodily consciousness and functional consciousness is taken in a direction that both connects and disconnects the ties of science and philosophy. The way the research essay presents bodily consciousness is a definition in which many are familiar with, which is when the material state of the body only exists with living cellular function. In contrast, the functional consciousness is a theory in which "consciousness occurs beyond the physical boundary of the body" (952) and can be found as an out-of-body, near-death, or end-of-life experience.
Taking a different route in relating spiritual ideology to this reading, I would like to connect an episode of Black Mirror to this. In the last episode of season 4, "Black Museum," there is a particular story that reminds me of a somewhat out-of-body/near-death/end-of-life experience. The story is of a dying wife whose 'consciousness' gets technologically imported into that of the husband. From there, she is able to 'live' through his body and eyes, where this part of his consciousness in which she lives in is visually presented as her sitting in a dark space in front of big screens that show the view of the husband's eyes. Having two minds in one head creates problems for the couple and the husband ends up signing to put 'her' into a toy monkey for her child to play with. So, this is an interesting take on an out-of-body experience in that she is not only outside of her own body, but experiences consciousness in both another living body and an inanimate object. In what ways does this episode disrupt the spiritual theory of functional consciousness?
Black Mirror
Season 4, Ep. 6- Black Museum
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