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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