(September 5, 2011 at 1:13 am)Fred Wrote:(September 4, 2011 at 12:57 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote:(September 4, 2011 at 12:33 pm)Fred Wrote: Is consciousness physical?
Yes. it is the interaction of nerves and chemicals in the brain.
Explaining the mechanics of how it is facilitated is not the same as explaining what it is.
Then it simply need be restated; It is the awareness of (some of) one's functions, facilitated through the interaction of nerves and chemicals in the brain.
That is of-course very simply put.
Quote:The laws of the universe exist only in my brain? Wow. That's an awesome responsibility. Does this mean gravity didn't follow them till we showed up? Who knew?
Physical laws are simply facts about reality than can be expressed in concise mathematical formulae.
Quote:So these laws are not physical? To hear it told, that means they don't exist or aren't real. Yet the universe is governed by them nonetheless? is this an example of that magical thinking I hear so much about?
Wait, are you, a panentheist, saying that if something is not physical it doesn't exist or isn't real?
Another question; Would you say that god is a specific system comprised of energy?
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