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Question

Is it true that if humans learned to use all of the brain, we could carry on as just energy? What I mean is, could brains function without a body?

Answer

Tiara,

I would be happy if we could but we cannot as far as I am concerned. The brain seems to be a hardware and as such can only function with physical support of bodily mechanisms while controlling and coordinating those mechanisms.

A slightly different (although the difference is not practical so far) is the question: can mind(s) do whatever it/they do without the body. The idea behind is called “one mind” theory or the theory of non-local nature of mind.

As to the energy part of your question, what kind of energy do you have in mind?

Please read more here:

The theories of mind

Energy substrates and neuroprotection: what does what

Tanya Zilberter