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

[Cato]

Now, let's consider the OP proposition. How would you know whether an atom, or a star, or the galaxy has some kind of awareness-- its own kind of qualia? You can't-- because you never had access to qualia in the first place. An atom won't produce words about meatloaf or have shaky hands, or show any of the physical markers that make you feel justified in making your philosophical assumption about people's minds.

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Philosophical zombies, qualia of atoms. There is no deep thinking here; just mindless speculation. Do you really believe in the existence of philosophical zombies? Do you really think atoms experience their environment with what we have come to call qualia? This is absurdity parading as profundity.