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(January 24, 2014 at 5:00 am)schrodingerserection Wrote: If the right structure produces consciousness, and damaged pieces of that structure produce an altered consciousness, it stands to reason that consciousness is a fundamental factor in the universe, and that even subatomic particles possess it to some rudimentary degree.You reduce too far. As far as we can demonstrate, based on the most comprehensive current definitions, consciousness is a property of 'brains' (or similar 'experience handling' hardware); it's only observed in life that has brains and seems to be expressed differently depending on the complexity of the 'brain'. Therefore it stands to reason that it's not a fundamental factor in the 'universe', just in 'brains'. Consequently, subatomic particles won't have consciousness because they don't have brains.
Quote:If I may be so bold, it may be that when a quantum measurement is made on a particle to determine whether it's in State A or State B, in some rudimentary way the particle chooses A or B.Without a demonstrated mechanism to conduct choices, this statement doesn't stand. Do you have any evidence to support this or is this pure supposition?
As the rest of your post is based on the errors above, your conclusions can't stand.
Sum ergo sum
