The Scripture Is False And The Biblical God Is Dead.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

No worries... I've always figured we're kind of on the same page (or at least within the same book ) in on our thinking on these sorts of things, so I think I know you get it Anyway I may not be the best at articulating my ideas, even to myself, but it doesn't stop them from being genuine philosophical conundrums to me... ie not just wordplay.

Meh, let them say wordplay all they want. I personally find consciousness to be a fascinating topic to explore, and like you, see something "extra" about it that isn't being adequately accounted for in current science.

Funny thing is, when I first joined these forums, I didn't even think there was such a thing as a hard problem (at the time, I thought of consciousness as something that can be entirely described in functionalist terms, and didn't find anything baffling about it).

Also, I find the biggest question for me isn't how/why we exist at all, but rather how/why we are conscious that we exist.

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Qualia are to consciousness as phlogiston is to chemistry.

Boru