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Mar11-04, 11:49 AM   #40
 
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Originally posted by Zero
No, it is absolutely an assumption. Have you every seen a functioning "mind" outside of a brain?
If we take it for granted that a brain's physical properties are necessary for consciousness, we still have not shown them to be sufficient.