Hi QuestionAuthority:
You use armchair skepticism, but you never bothered to experiment with the plate... The point is this:

One's own experience cannot be reduced to neural signals; consciousness is irreducible; kindly reference again Nagel's arguments and the latest research in mind science:
http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2013/03/thomas-nagel-and-the-anathema-of-questioning-materialism
http://www.noetic.org/library/book-reviews/irreducible-mind/

Also, on that second link you will find mention of the word hypnosis. I have made a post about that subject here. Please keep in mind that Knowledge that is not your own is dangerous, more dangerous than ignorance.