Yahya - Justice and Tolerance in the Qur'an (2003)

THE EVOLUTION MISCONCEPTION
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Think of the highest-quality HI-FI systems produced by the
biggest company in the music industry. Even in these
devices, when sound is recorded some of it is lost; or when
you turn on a HI-FI you always hear a hissing sound before
the music starts. However, the sounds that are the products
of the technology of the human body are extremely sharp
and clear. A human ear never perceives a sound
accompanied by a hissing sound or with atmospherics as
does HI-FI; it perceives sound exactly as it is, sharp and clear.
This is the way it has been since the creation of man.
So far, no visual or recording apparatus produced by man
has been as sensitive and successful in perceiving sensory
data as are the eye and the ear.
However, as far as seeing and hearing are concerned, a far
greater fact lies beyond all this.
To Whom Does the Consciousness that
Sees and Hears Within the Brain Belong?
Who is it that watches an alluring world in its brain,
listens to symphonies and the twittering of birds, and smells
the rose?
The stimulations coming from the eyes, ears, and nose of
a human being travel to the brain as electro-chemical nervous
impulses. In biology, physiology, and biochemistry books,
you can find many details about how this image forms in the
brain. However, you will never come across the most
important fact about this subject: Who is it that perceives
these electro-chemical nervous impulses as images, sounds,
odours and sensory events in the brain? There is a
consciousness in the brain that perceives all this without