But in order for science to grow, we're going to have to leave the idea behind that we have to quantify everything. SOme things just can't be studied directly. Not everything is here to be studied. We live in a multidimensional world.
It sounds as if you're recommending a kind of New Age-y approach to science. No thanks. And I strongly recommend that you not drive over any bridge that might have been designed by somebody who espouses such an approach!
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So how can this be? Well, one could explain auditory and tactile inputs by positing that we can't measure electrical activity in the brain at the levels it is happening during shutdown. But how does one explain the visuals? Dead people can't see through their eyelids and eyelids are closed when patients shutdown for a reason.
Is this science?