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Richard Yen, Ph.D., M.D.
W4C 2016
TOPICS
CAN EVOLUTION PRODUCE THIS BODY BY RANDOM CHANCE?
THE BODY AS A LABORATORY
CAN ANYONE EXPLAIN THE EXISTENCE OF CONSCIOUSNESS?
EVIDENCE THAT LIFE HAS MEANING
“ONCE UPON A TIME THE WHALE WAS A LAND ANIMAL”
WHAT IF THERE IS ENOUGH TIME FOR RANDOM CHANGES TO BECOME ORGANIZED STRUCTURES?
EVOLUTIONISTS SAY ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE GIVEN ENOUGH TIME
THE BIG BANG OCCURRED ONLY 14 BILLION YEARS AGO
ONLY 3 RANDOM MUTATIONS NEEDED?
106 x 106 x 106 = 1018 babies needed
NUMBER OF SECONDS IN 14 BILLION YEARS?
14 x 109 x 365 x 24 x 60 x 60
= 4.4 x 1017 seconds
THAT MOTHER OF ALL WHALES DELIVERING
ONE BABY PER SECOND NON-STOP 24/7
IS STILL TRYING……
A BABY IS BORN WITH 100 TRILLION CELLS
FROM ONE CELL, IN 9 MONTHS
NO NEED TO ARGUE ABOUT THE “NATURAL WORLD”
IF THE MUTATION RATE IS ONE IN A MILLION, WE WOULD HAVE
10[8] MUTATANT
CELLS
EACH CELLS HAS 3 BILLION BASE PAIRS IN THE DNA
A TYPICAL MAMMALIAN CELL TAKES 8 HOURS TO COMPLETE COPYING THE DNA: 104,000 BASE PAIR COPIED PER SECOND
THE SYSTEM IS HIGHLY ACCURATE AND NOT
PRONE TO MUTATIONS
THE BRAIN HAS 100 BILLION CELLS
AS THE BABY IS GROWING IN THE WOMB, THE NERVE CELLS ARE CONNECTING, EVEN AS THE REST OF THE BODY IS BEING CONSTRUCTED
THE NERVES THAT FIRE TOGETHER SIT NEXT TO EACH OTHER: A “PICTURE” OF THE BODY PARTS IS FORMED
THERE IS NO COMPELLING REASON THAT THOUGHTS CAN OCCUR
SOME NERVE CELLS RECEIVE
INFORMATION FROM 10,000 OTHER
NERVE CELLS
JUST BECAUSE ELECTRICITY CAN
RUN THROUGH THE MESH DOES NOT MEAN YOU
CAN HAVE THOUGHTS
COMMOM EXPERIENCE of CONSCIOUSNESS: “YOU” EXISTSEVER SAID TO YOURSELF:
“STOP DAY-DREAMING”
(YOU HAVE ONLY ONE MIND; WHAT MAKES IT POSSIBLE TO DETECT THAT IT IS NOT THINKING STRAIGHT?)
“YOU FORGOT TO BRING THAT”
(YOUR MIND WAS NOT EVEN THINKING ABOUT IT)
“I AM SO STUPID”
(WHO ARE YOU: THE STUPID OR THE SMART ONE?)
OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER
PATIENT
KNOWS
THAT HIS
HANDS ARE
CLEAN
AN ALARM
THAT WILL
NOT TURN OFF
PET SCAN SHOWED A PHYSICAL
CHANGE IN BRAIN
IMPROVEMENT
IN BEHAVIOR
CORRELATED TO
CHANGE IN
BRAIN AREA
WITHIN 10
WEEKS
THE MIND
CAN
CHANGE
THE BRAIN
WHO CONTROLS THE MIND?
THE MORE YOU USE THE BRAIN THE BETTER IT GETS
WHO THEN DECIDES TO USE IT OR NOT?
Wall Street Journal Dec 11, 2002
THE BODY (THE MECHANICAL)
IS THE CAR
AND THE MIND (THE INFORMATIONAL)
IS THE DRIVER INSIDE
WHO THEN
IS THE
DRIVER?
WHERE IT GOES
ALL DEPENDS ON
THE DRIVER
IS THE DRIVER
“PART OF THE CAR” ?
No
Driver
With
Driver
Engine died
NO MOTION NO MOTION
Engine works
UNI-
DIRECTIONAL
MEANINGFUL
DIRECTION
THE DRIVER CAN GET IN AND OUT, SO HE IS NOT DEFINED BY THE CAR.
HE IS PART OF THE CAR ONLY WHEN INSIDE THE CAR
COMMON MEANING OF “SOUL”THE SUM TOTAL OF “ME”
(FROM BIRTH TO DEMISE)
Jesus spoke a
parable: A certain
rich man said, “Soul,
you have many
goods laid up for
many years; take
your ease; eat, drink
and be merry.”
有一個財主、田產豐盛
對自己的靈魂說、靈魂哪、你有許多財物積存、可作多年的費用．只管安安逸逸的吃喝快樂吧
THE SOUL IS THE REAL MEBut God said to him, “You fool! This night your soul is required of you; and now who will own what you have prepared?”
Luke 12:20
神卻對他說、無知的人哪、今夜必要你的靈魂．你所預備的、要歸誰呢
路 加 福 音 12:20
IS THE SOUL REAL?
ONCE FORMED, A PERSON NEVER DIES
There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and fared sumptuously everyday. But there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, full of sores, who was laid at his gate…
The beggar died, and he was carried …. to Abraham’s bosom.
PHASE I
PHASE II
Luke 16: 19-31
A WORKING HYPOTHESIS The rich man also died and was
buried.
And being in torments in Hades, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham…
Then he cried and said, “Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue….
The Soul can see and be recognized
The Soul can talk and bargain
The Person survives the body
THE SOUL HAS MEMORY ? But Abraham said,
“Son, remember that in your lifetime…”
IF THE BRAIN IS GONE, HOW CAN MEMORY BE STILL THERE?
THOUGHTS CAN BE CAPTURED
Electrodes inserted
into cerebral cortex
of monkeys captured
desire to grip banana
0.1 sec before actual
actionNATURE 408, 361-365, 2000
THOUGHTS
THOUGHTS ARE NOT RANDOM
TEMPORARY IMAGINATIONS
THOUGHTS CAN BE CAPTURED,
RECORDED, STORED, BROADCASTED
AND RECONSTRUCTED
FOR WHAT?
FOR MAKING PURPOSEFUL
DECISIONS
HUMAN LIFE HAS
PURPOSE
IS “PURPOSE” A DELUSION?
SELF-GENERATED, FOR SURVIVAL?
TREES SURVIVE VERY WELL WITHOUT NERVES
OR IS IT REAL? HOW CAN IT BE UNREAL IF YOU USE IT EVERY
MOMENT?
A GIFT, FOR USE BEYOND SURVIVAL
HYPOTHESIS ABOUT A
DESIGNER
NOT INTERESTED IN MANKIND
INTERESTED IN MANKIND
NOT CAPABLE OF MEANINGFUL
CONTACT NO HOPE
WE CANNOT
KNOW
CAPABLE OF MEANINGFUL
CONTACT
WE ARE STILL
WAITING
WE CAN
CONNECT
WITH THE
DESIGNER
THE CREATOR HAS COME TO VISIT US
WE ARE GIVEN A MINDTHAT CAN UNDERSTAND ETERNITY
MANY BELIEVED AFTER HIS RESURRECTION
CONCLUSION ON THE
BODY AND MIND
1. YOU ARE MORE THAN YOUR BODY
2. YOUR MIND MAY BE MORE IMPORTANT
THAN YOUR BODY
3. TECHNOLOGY SHOWED THAT
THE MIND CAN CHANGE THE BRAIN
4. YOUR SOUL DECIDES WHAT IS
IMPORTANT FOR YOUR MIND TO THINK
ABOUT
5. THOUGHTS CAN BE RECORDED,
BROADCASTED AND RECONSTRUCTED
CONCLUSION
WE HAVE A SOUL WHICH WILL SURVIVE BEYOND THE BODY
THE SOUL IS A GIFT
OUR ATTITUDE TOWARDS THIS GIVER WILL BE REFLECTED IN OUR THOUGHS AND ACTIONS
IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE GIVER HAS “TOUCHED BASE” WITH US
IF THE GIVER WANTS YOU TO TREAT HIM AS YOUR GIVER, YOU OUGHT TO
WHAT YOU DO WITH YOUR LIFE NOW WILL DECIDE YOUR ETERNAL DESTINY
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