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HARUN YAHYA

know how to arrange our bodies and emotions?
In fact, consciousness is an extraordinary property, and one that
cannot be explained in terms of matter. Consciousness is literally a
miracle.
Julian Huxley, an evolutionist who spent years trying to estab-
lish a materialist foundation for consciousness, admits his failure in
these terms:
How it is that anything so remarkable as a state of consciousness
comes about as a result of irritating nerve tissue, is just as unaccount-
able as the appearance of the Djin, when Aladdin rubbed his lamp… 1
Of course brain damage can affect behavior. The chemicals peo-
ple take can affect their characters. The symptoms of schizophrenia
or depression can be observed in the brain. That is because the soul,
the true origin of consciousness, extends to the material world via
the brain. However, saying that the chemistry of the brain influ-
ences behavior and that psychological diseases can be observed in
the brain, is not sufficient to resolve the mind-body problem. Colin
McGinn, author of the book The Problem of Consciousness, makes the
following confession on the subject:
We have been trying for a long time to solve the mind-body prob-
lem. It has stubbornly resisted our best efforts. The mystery per-
sists. I think the time has come to admit candidly that we cannot
solve the mystery. 2

Conclusion

The claim made in Time magazine expresses nothing
more than Lemonick's own personal and ideological
fantasies. For Lemonick and other materialists, the
mind-body problem is incapable of solution.

1. T. H. Huxley, Lessons in Elementary Psychology, p. 210
2. Colin McGinn, "Can We Solve the Mind-Body Problem?" Mind,
98 (1989), p. 349

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