Of course consciousness exists. It just isn't a "thing". Not being a thing, it doesn't need to be described in terms of dualism or illusionism. Consciousness is a process. Processes are real.
There is no consensus among physicists about the preferred basis for reality. Some think of reality as information-based. Some think of it as particle and/or field-based (i.e. tied to things and geometry). Both seem to be true, or could be two sides of the same coin.
I think of QM reality in terms of state and events. Those are the two building blocks. I don't know what state "is", but it is some sort of persistence of reality that allows us to map the probability of future events. Events are just change, or process.
So, state is persistence, but reality is measured and seen only because of process. That consciousness is a process and not a thing is not surprising. Things are just a description of fixed state. They are dead without process.
Most processes are not consciousness. One type of process is. Could there be other types of processes that could be consciousness-squared, that we can't even conceive of?
There is no consensus among physicists about the preferred basis for reality. Some think of reality as information-based. Some think of it as particle and/or field-based (i.e. tied to things and geometry). Both seem to be true, or could be two sides of the same coin.
I think of QM reality in terms of state and events. Those are the two building blocks. I don't know what state "is", but it is some sort of persistence of reality that allows us to map the probability of future events. Events are just change, or process.
So, state is persistence, but reality is measured and seen only because of process. That consciousness is a process and not a thing is not surprising. Things are just a description of fixed state. They are dead without process.
Most processes are not consciousness. One type of process is. Could there be other types of processes that could be consciousness-squared, that we can't even conceive of?
