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A Neuroscience major I know argued that the mind is separate from the body and modern Neuroscience backs that assertion up. Is consciousness rooted in physical processes?

I apologize if this post doesn't belong here. I attempted to do my own research and I'm pretty sure this is a faulty claim. Her whole argument was that "consciousness is not understood" and that modern Neuroscience thinks of the mind as non-physical. 

She's currently studying alternative medicine. 

Can someone shed some light on this, given that "consciousness isn't fully understood?"
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Consciousness isn't well-understood, but it is clearly rooted in physical processes. You can build a computer and run a program on it called *Doom*, and you can build a brain and it will run a program we call "consciousness". You could also figure out how consciousness works and run it on a (powerful enough) silicon computer, and you could build a "brain" out of neurons that connect in a different way and run *Doom*.

Anyone who says otherwise is repeating religious or philosophical dogma, or else finds the idea of being "just a machine" so unbearable that they'll be willing to believe anything.

Your friend is studying nonsense and actively making it harder for herself to understand the world. If she intends to work in the field of "alternative medicine", then she will also be a snake-oil salesman who, at best, rips people off (though with the best of intentions) and, and worst, kills people by helping convince them to avoid real medicine when they need it. Good luck convincing her of it, though.