A Course on Human Consciousness

Presented by Dr. Al Stetz

We know that there are as many neurons in your brain as there are stars in our galaxy or galaxies in the universe, and that the number of synapses between them is comparable to the number of all the leaves on all the trees in the Amazon rain forest.

Scientists can tell us what part of our brain is thinking at any given moment. And yet, consciousness itself eludes rational scientific explanation.

As the psalmist pointed out, we are fearfully and wonderfully made. But if we insist on hard-nosed scientific explanations, then the phenomenon of consciousness is inexplicable. If we cannot explain consciousness, what option is there but to deny its existence? In fact, there are other options.