{"product_id":"you-are-not-your-brain-why-ai-cant-be-conscious-and-what-that-means-for-life-after-death-paperback","title":"You Are Not Your Brain: Why AI Can't Be Conscious and What That Means for Life After Death - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStephen Hawley Martin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor more than three centuries, science has assumed that consciousness is produced by the brain-that our thoughts, awareness, and identity arise from neural activity. In this book, award-winning author Stephen Hawley Martin challenges that assumption and presents a compelling alternative: that consciousness may be fundamental to reality itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book begins with a striking medical case in which a patient, clinically dead, later reported accurate observations of events that occurred while doctors were attempting to revive her-details that were independently verified. Such cases, once dismissed, now form part of a growing body of evidence that raises a difficult question for neuroscience: how can conscious awareness occur when the brain is not functioning?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom there, Martin explores the \"Hard Problem of Consciousness,\" the limits of current neuroscience, and the distinction between intelligence and awareness-an issue central to today's debate over artificial intelligence. He argues that while AI can process information with increasing sophistication, there is no known mechanism by which computation produces subjective experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on research in neuroscience, physics, and human consciousness studies, the book builds toward a far-reaching conclusion: the brain may not create consciousness but instead receive or filter it. If so, the implications are profound-not only for understanding AI, but for the nature of identity, reality, and the possibility that consciousness does not end with the death of the body.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 196\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.42 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 23, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50525833756920,"sku":"9798295735967","price":26.83,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/5629\/7208\/files\/wGGIOow-wY9798295735967.webp?v=1789606246","url":"https:\/\/barneysbooksellers.com\/products\/you-are-not-your-brain-why-ai-cant-be-conscious-and-what-that-means-for-life-after-death-paperback","provider":"Barney's Book Sellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}