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Can the Universe Exist without consciousness?
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Can the Universe Exist without consciousness?
This is sort of like the "If a tree falls in the forest" argument, but I would like to add something to it.

The reason the tree does in fact make a sound is because it is part of a universe in which consciousness does/has/will exist. I am proposing that in order for the the multiverse and every universe within to exist, at least one of said universes must contain consciousness. Our universe contains some form of time and at some point within that time consciousness existed, so, the universe did in fact exist before consciousness came about because it would contain consciousness at some point in time.

My point is: If there was no consciousness in any universe in the multiverse, there would be no one to prove that it existed, if one cannot prove it, one cannot say for certain that it exists. I feel that the multiverse somehow has it's own laws of "physics" that force consciousness to come about.

Please discuss, this is a new theory I'm working on and I would love some input.
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Can the Universe Exist without consciousness? - by PlatinumDoodles - August 3, 2011 at 1:38 am

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