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Does it make sense to speak of "Universal Consciousness" or "Universal Intelligence"?
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RE: Does it make sense to speak of "Universal Consciousness" or "Univer...
(May 19, 2014 at 11:59 am)MindForgedManacle Wrote: Anyone claiming that quantum mechanics solves the problem of consciousness is full of it. The initial, obvious problem is that quantum mechanics is already strange enough, to the point that the ACTUAL physicists involved don't even have a consensus of what quantum mechanics means. Worse, we don't understand consciousness either, so essentially they're appealing to a mystery to solve another mystery.

I don't think anyone says the problems are all solved. You do at least accept that looking for links between QM and conscious experience is one of the most promising directions for making progress in this area, yes?
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RE: Does it make sense to speak of "Universal Consciousness" or "Univer... - by Neo-Scholastic - May 19, 2014 at 12:10 pm

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