Is consciousness immaterial? It seems like you'd have to prove that first. Just because we don't understand how our minds work doesn't mean that dualism is correct, and the fact that brain damage dramatically alters consciousness, personality, and memory would seem to imply that it is not some sort of immaterial…

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Now I'm imagining that all of DS9 was just a Walter-Mitty-like fantasy that O'Brien concocted to relieve the boredom and monotony of his days in the transporter room.

Cheap shot, I know.