(December 19, 2011 at 12:13 am)thesummerqueen Wrote:(December 19, 2011 at 12:10 am)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote:(December 19, 2011 at 12:03 am)amkerman Wrote: i think some may be confused by the term "consciousness as a primary function of the universe". I am not saying that the purpose of the universe is consciousness. The term merely means that consciousness is a property that is inherent in the universe, like the laws of physics, rather than a emergent property of complex systems, like the brain.
Great. Now provide empirical evidence to support that assertion.
That sounded like something I'd read in a Deepak Chopra book.
It sounded like utter bullshit to me - I suspect that's pretty much what you meant as well.
