RE: What is the current best scientific evidence we have that shows that consciousness...
January 14, 2025 at 8:11 pm
(This post was last modified: January 14, 2025 at 8:15 pm by Tonus.)
I would ask if there is any evidence that consciousness exists outside of a physical medium, and then examine or test that evidence to see if it holds up.
My guess? There is none, and it's yet another presupposition that lacks any actual evidence but 'feels' compelling (or intuitive).
My guess? There is none, and it's yet another presupposition that lacks any actual evidence but 'feels' compelling (or intuitive).
"Well, evolution is a theory. It is also a fact. And facts and theories are different things, not rungs in a hierarchy of increasing certainty. Facts are the world's data. Theories are structures of ideas that explain and interpret facts. Facts don't go away when scientists debate rival theories to explain them. Einstein's theory of gravitation replaced Newton's in this century, but apples didn't suspend themselves in midair, pending the outcome. And humans evolved from ape- like ancestors whether they did so by Darwin's proposed mechanism or by some other yet to be discovered."
-Stephen Jay Gould
-Stephen Jay Gould
