Could you clarify what you mean by operate on? Or is that part of the point?
Using the definition of ‘operate on’ that I think is most natural, I’d say there is a .05% chance that these functions only operate on (effect) the physical brain. Unless you mean directly, and then I would assign an 80% chance.
Using the definition of ‘operating on’ meaning ‘requiring’, I’d say that there is a 90% chance (probability) that only the brain is required for 90% (fraction) of its functioning. The probabilities I assign would fall down dramatically as you try to raise the 2nd 90% (the fraction). So that I would probably only assign a 1% chance that 100% of higher functions require only the brain.
Given the variety of answers here—further outside what I had considered—I should qualify that whenever I was thinking of ‘beyond the brain’ I still meant within the body; like my spinal cord, heart and endocrine system being involved.
Could you clarify what you mean by operate on? Or is that part of the point?
Using the definition of ‘operate on’ that I think is most natural, I’d say there is a .05% chance that these functions only operate on (effect) the physical brain. Unless you mean directly, and then I would assign an 80% chance.
Using the definition of ‘operating on’ meaning ‘requiring’, I’d say that there is a 90% chance (probability) that only the brain is required for 90% (fraction) of its functioning. The probabilities I assign would fall down dramatically as you try to raise the 2nd 90% (the fraction). So that I would probably only assign a 1% chance that 100% of higher functions require only the brain.
Given the variety of answers here—further outside what I had considered—I should qualify that whenever I was thinking of ‘beyond the brain’ I still meant within the body; like my spinal cord, heart and endocrine system being involved.