Physical idealism

[bennyboy]

Benny, I might suggest you look into a term: multiple realizability. I understand you to be saying that the function of DNA could, in say a space alien for example, could be performed in another way without DNA. As such, the function can discerned as something distinct from the actual material even if it cannot be alienated from it.

I like your description of it, but I think that term is usually applied to a theory of mind, and I don't want to confuse mental ideas with the formative factors that I'm calling "ideas" in this thread.

As for your comments-- yes, I think that's well put.