[jwalsh07]

So far we really don't know where the seat of consciousness might be. All we know is that the brain seems to be in contact with it.

No, we know much more than that. We know that absent brain function, conscious actions do not occur. So it would be very difficult to argue that consciousness is not a function of the brain since we know for certain from empirical evidence that conscious acts require a functioning brain.

[muawiyah]

Obviously the brain is a serious communications device, but there is no evidence at all that it is the seat of consciousness.

The fact that no one has detected consciousness independent of the existence of a brain in an individual means nothing more than that consciousness has not been detected - not that it does not exist separate and independent of the brain.