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That is just it. You are so hung up on reason, that you are unreasonable in your demand for scientific proof.

No, I do not *demand* anything - I ask for. In a discussion, however, if someone makes a claim that they [know for sure] or something similar, then, if they expect anyone else to believe that, when it is not backed up by independent objective (99.99%) evidence, then it is up to the person making the claim to concede they (a) they do not know this absolutely, and (b) therefore to agree to put it as a 'don't know yet'.

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You have heard of left and right brains, I am sure. I think your right one must be missing or not functioning.

That is silly - and biologically daft!

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We have argued about consciousness. I know for sure mine has reached far beyond my skull to other people,

No, you do not know for sure[/b][/I], you believe, and believe very strongly, but you do not know for sure.

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...but hard core materialists like you do not believe in that sort.
Therefore you will insist in calling my life's experiences imagination.

Your life's experiences are exactly that, your life's experience, and they are all, every single one, recorded in your brain; where they are interpreted by said brain. Since we know the brain is also capable of an infinite variety of thoughts and con cepts which have no actual reality, then that is called imagination.

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I would say your head is buried in the sand.

Well, you can say that of course, but I have been a believer in God - I think I was lucky to not fall into the trap of believing that any other supernatural thing existed, although I thoroughly enjoyed reading everything I could about them - - but you would be wrong!

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People's experiences count, they are real and they belong to our consciousnesses, and as long as nobody can fully explain consciousness, as long our experiences cannot be reasoned, but they are still there, they happen.

Ever and always, it is the interpretation that is or is not backed up by reality.

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To explain it to a total left brainer is like explaining colours to a colour blind person. But that person ought to admit that others have something they can't grasp, not be on the high horse all the time.

I would just like to mention, with a :) and very politely of course, that you have a 'high horse' you're on . And that is because you are trying to defend interpretations which are not backed up. I just enjoy talking about these things. I do not have to defend an idea I have which has a non-factual interpretation.

Susan