[Junior]

No. Consciousness may simply be electro-chemical operations in the brain; we know head injuries can cause personality changes, and that removal or destruction of certain portions of the brain can literally turn an angel into a devil. In this regard, consciousness has a concrete reality and can be studied using the scientific method.

[js1138]

we know head injuries can cause personality changes, and that removal or destruction of certain portions of the brain can literally turn an angel into a devil

Fortunately with MRI scans and such, we don't have to wait for tragedies to happen before studying the physical basis of consciousness.

I would expect that at som point in the next hundred years, we will be building electronic equivalents of brains, but I would also expect that early efforts would start with simple, insect-like brains. What we don't know is how to get such amazing results with such a low component count.

[Fester Chugabrew]

No. Consciousness may simply be electro-chemical operations in the brain; we know head injuries can cause personality changes

So there is a phsyical connection between the brain and personalities? What is a personality if it is devoid of both intelligence and design?