Nah, still missing the point.
You are a living lump of meat, aware of itself. I am another lump of meat, aware of itself. There are 7 billion lumps of meat all aware of themselves right now.
The question is not "what is consciousness?" The question is not "why are we conscious, or how?" That is a given, it is what it is, and doesn't need a soul to explain it. Aaargh, I cannot get the point across properly even still now!
The question is "why am I the consciousness in this particular lump of meat here and now?" And why are you the consciousness in that lump of meat over there?
D'oh it still doesn't come out right! (nobody say "why not" please!) For those that "get" the notion, I'm aware that there can actually be no real answer, it's just a thing that I ponder.
You are a living lump of meat, aware of itself. I am another lump of meat, aware of itself. There are 7 billion lumps of meat all aware of themselves right now.
The question is not "what is consciousness?" The question is not "why are we conscious, or how?" That is a given, it is what it is, and doesn't need a soul to explain it. Aaargh, I cannot get the point across properly even still now!
The question is "why am I the consciousness in this particular lump of meat here and now?" And why are you the consciousness in that lump of meat over there?
D'oh it still doesn't come out right! (nobody say "why not" please!) For those that "get" the notion, I'm aware that there can actually be no real answer, it's just a thing that I ponder.
