RE: Does it make sense to speak of "Universal Consciousness" or "Univer...
May 22, 2014 at 1:59 pm
(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?
Oh, I'm only a Chasmatic2000, but I appreciate the compliment.
Quote:Quote:Yes, consciousness may require a biological brain, or maybe not.I mean that there is a causal chain: sensory input, brain processing, behavioral output.
But I don't care for your use of the term 'process' in that sentence. What do you mean by it?
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.
Science is not a subject, but a method.