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Does it make sense to speak of "Universal Consciousness" or "Universal Intelligence"?
RE: Does it make sense to speak of "Universal Consciousness" or "Univer...
(May 21, 2014 at 6:03 pm)bennyboy Wrote:
(May 21, 2014 at 11:21 am)Chas Wrote: We experience consciousness/qualia, therefore we are sure that it exists - we don't need to know a mechanism for that.
What's this "we" stuff, Chasmatic 3000? Big Grin

Oh, I'm only a Chasmatic2000, but I appreciate the compliment. Big Grin

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Quote:Yes, consciousness may require a biological brain, or maybe not.

But I don't care for your use of the term 'process' in that sentence. What do you mean by it?
I mean that there is a causal chain: sensory input, brain processing, behavioral output.

Then I most certainly have a problem with the statement you made:
"However, the ability to receive and process photons is intrinsic to all matter-- on some level."

You are saying that all matter has brains?
Skepticism is not a position; it is an approach to claims.
Science is not a subject, but a method.
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RE: Does it make sense to speak of "Universal Consciousness" or "Univer... - by Chas - May 22, 2014 at 1:59 pm

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