Our consciousness could be "in the cloud"
On several occasions I've had people say they can prove consciousness is in the brain by saying that removing such and such part of the brain changes a person's emotions and thoughts.
My reply is always the same "If I removed parts from a radio receiver it wouldn't be able to pick up the signal as well"
The notion that consciousness is in the cloud is at least as plausible that consciousness resides wholly in the brain
Well, no. Because there is no evidence of a "central consciousness cloud" and no evidence of a communication mechanism to that cloud.
Like in Shakespeare's Hamlet: «To sleep, perchance to dream - ay, there's the rub, for in this sleep of death what dreams may come...». Afterlife as "plausible" - a critical suspect.
Note that in the history of 'plausible', it was also used for "nonsense, sophism, manipulation that rubes would applaud" (as opposed to "not only apparently" 'true') - the adoption was extensive (as opposed to, say, "what a sensible one would applaud") in its legitimate coverage. It has not been restricted de facto, as it may not de jure.
What is the alternative to that statement?