Does it make sense to speak of "Universal Consciousness" or "Universal Intelligence"?

[bennyboy]

It would have been easier to type "I have no evidence". You are free to believe in ghosts if you wish, but until you provide a compelling reason for the rest of us to do so we really don't have to take any of this seriously. You can't just wave your hands and eliminate the need for evidence by stating that we are imposing philosophy on observation. Where's the evidence?

Thank you for effectively reinforcing my point. Since you're such a huge proponent of evidence and an objective scientist of mind, then do me a favor, so that I might learn from your expertise: give me an example of a physical structure which actually experiences qualia, rather than just seeming to. Now, tell me what purely physical evidence you are using to arrive at the conclusion that that structure is not a philosophical zombie.

Hint: no fair conflating philosophical assumptions with your evidence. We don't want to inadvertently talk about "ghosts" while we're pretending to be objective.