that before the advent of modern neuroscience, the idea that minds can exist independently of brains was not so farfetched. There's actually some compelling and empirical data. Edward Tyler I think was the originator of this observation, that when we dream for example, it's apparent that some part of us is up and about, walking around in the world and our body's in bed the whole time. A natural hypothesis is that our ... some locus of experience is not wedded to the body, but can part company from it. Or in death, if someone suddenly collapses, they may look identical to the way they were