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consciousness?
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RE: consciousness?
I know that our consciousness is most likely a result of chemical and electrical interactions in our brains, and evolution as well, but still I find consciousness to be so much more beautiful than that; I just can't believe that the self-awareness of a collection of stardust particles is exclusively a result of some accidental, probabilistic events occurring on a small planet in this cold and dark universe without having any kind of a planner (and purpose) behind it. It's possible, but seems very unlikely to me.

If you see a number of cards arranged in the shape of a three-story house, would you think that it was created by someone or that it was created merely by the wind?

Which is more likely and why?
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consciousness? - by Alfred - December 15, 2012 at 5:59 pm
RE: consciousness? - by genkaus - December 15, 2012 at 6:30 pm
RE: consciousness? - by Alfred - December 15, 2012 at 6:43 pm
RE: consciousness? - by Severan - February 27, 2013 at 11:33 pm
RE: consciousness? - by Angrboda - February 28, 2013 at 12:31 am
RE: consciousness? - by Voltron - December 15, 2012 at 7:03 pm
RE: consciousness? - by Alfred - December 15, 2012 at 7:41 pm
RE: consciousness? - by Voltron - December 15, 2012 at 8:03 pm
RE: consciousness? - by Norfolk And Chance - December 16, 2012 at 8:15 am
RE: consciousness? - by dj-hato - February 2, 2013 at 12:09 pm
RE: consciousness? - by Angrboda - February 3, 2013 at 3:29 am
RE: consciousness? - by Zone - February 2, 2013 at 3:32 pm
RE: consciousness? - by Ben Davis - February 2, 2013 at 8:15 pm
RE: consciousness? - by Ryantology - February 3, 2013 at 3:52 am
RE: consciousness? - by Rhizomorph13 - February 3, 2013 at 6:04 pm
RE: consciousness? - by Neo-Scholastic - February 16, 2013 at 2:30 pm
RE: consciousness? - by Whateverist - February 16, 2013 at 11:29 pm
RE: consciousness? - by justin - February 16, 2013 at 5:52 pm
RE: consciousness? - by Neo-Scholastic - February 16, 2013 at 10:10 pm
RE: consciousness? - by genkaus - February 16, 2013 at 11:47 pm
RE: consciousness? - by Neo-Scholastic - February 17, 2013 at 1:28 am
RE: consciousness? - by genkaus - February 17, 2013 at 3:53 am
RE: consciousness? - by Neo-Scholastic - February 17, 2013 at 12:48 pm
RE: consciousness? - by Anomalocaris - February 17, 2013 at 1:29 pm
RE: consciousness? - by genkaus - February 17, 2013 at 2:53 pm
RE: consciousness? - by Ryantology - February 17, 2013 at 1:52 pm
RE: consciousness? - by Whateverist - February 17, 2013 at 3:19 pm
RE: consciousness? - by Annik - February 17, 2013 at 3:29 pm
RE: consciousness? - by justin - February 17, 2013 at 11:01 pm
RE: consciousness? - by Anomalocaris - February 17, 2013 at 1:54 am
RE: consciousness? - by Angrboda - February 17, 2013 at 6:49 am
Re: RE: consciousness? - by fr0d0 - February 17, 2013 at 2:07 pm
RE: consciousness? - by Ryantology - February 17, 2013 at 2:27 pm
RE: consciousness? - by Neo-Scholastic - February 17, 2013 at 4:42 pm
RE: consciousness? - by genkaus - February 18, 2013 at 2:18 am
RE: consciousness? - by Neo-Scholastic - February 18, 2013 at 11:12 am
RE: consciousness? - by genkaus - February 18, 2013 at 2:43 pm
RE: consciousness? - by Annik - February 17, 2013 at 4:57 pm
RE: consciousness? - by Ryantology - February 17, 2013 at 5:14 pm
RE: consciousness? - by Angrboda - February 17, 2013 at 5:41 pm
RE: consciousness? - by Neo-Scholastic - February 17, 2013 at 7:03 pm
RE: consciousness? - by Ryantology - February 17, 2013 at 7:46 pm
RE: consciousness? - by Neo-Scholastic - February 18, 2013 at 1:22 am
Re: consciousness? - by fr0d0 - February 17, 2013 at 7:29 pm
RE: consciousness? - by Rayaan - February 17, 2013 at 9:37 pm
RE: consciousness? - by Jackalope - February 17, 2013 at 10:24 pm
RE: consciousness? - by Rayaan - February 17, 2013 at 10:35 pm
RE: consciousness? - by Jackalope - February 17, 2013 at 10:43 pm
RE: consciousness? - by Angrboda - February 18, 2013 at 5:33 am
RE: consciousness? - by Ryantology - February 18, 2013 at 12:13 am
RE: consciousness? - by Jackalope - February 18, 2013 at 12:38 am
RE: consciousness? - by Question Mark - February 17, 2013 at 10:54 pm
RE: consciousness? - by Rayaan - February 18, 2013 at 7:31 am
RE: consciousness? - by Ryantology - February 18, 2013 at 8:10 am
RE: consciousness? - by Question Mark - February 18, 2013 at 9:53 am
RE: consciousness? - by Neo-Scholastic - February 18, 2013 at 6:46 pm
RE: consciousness? - by genkaus - February 19, 2013 at 2:11 am
RE: consciousness? - by Neo-Scholastic - February 19, 2013 at 11:10 am
RE: consciousness? - by genkaus - February 19, 2013 at 11:41 am
RE: consciousness? - by downbeatplumb - February 19, 2013 at 3:27 pm
RE: consciousness? - by Neo-Scholastic - February 22, 2013 at 2:56 pm
RE: consciousness? - by genkaus - February 23, 2013 at 9:51 am
What difference does it make? - by Whateverist - February 23, 2013 at 10:56 am
RE: consciousness? - by downbeatplumb - February 26, 2013 at 4:52 am
RE: consciousness? - by The Grand Nudger - February 22, 2013 at 2:59 pm
RE: consciousness? - by Annik - February 22, 2013 at 3:01 pm
RE: consciousness? - by Neo-Scholastic - February 23, 2013 at 10:37 pm
RE: consciousness? - by genkaus - February 24, 2013 at 11:17 am
RE: consciousness? - by Whateverist - February 24, 2013 at 12:06 pm
RE: consciousness? - by The Grand Nudger - February 24, 2013 at 1:05 am
RE: consciousness? - by The Grand Nudger - February 24, 2013 at 11:42 am
RE: consciousness? - by Neo-Scholastic - February 24, 2013 at 5:19 pm
RE: consciousness? - by genkaus - February 25, 2013 at 12:02 pm
RE: consciousness? - by Neo-Scholastic - February 25, 2013 at 11:21 pm
RE: consciousness? - by Angrboda - February 26, 2013 at 1:06 am
RE: consciousness? - by genkaus - February 26, 2013 at 4:27 am
RE: consciousness? - by Angrboda - February 25, 2013 at 10:19 pm
RE: consciousness? - by Neo-Scholastic - February 26, 2013 at 12:42 pm
RE: consciousness? - by genkaus - February 26, 2013 at 1:48 pm
RE: consciousness? - by Neo-Scholastic - February 26, 2013 at 2:36 pm
RE: consciousness? - by genkaus - February 26, 2013 at 3:25 pm
RE: consciousness? - by Angrboda - February 26, 2013 at 10:12 pm
RE: consciousness? - by Neo-Scholastic - February 27, 2013 at 11:47 am

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