RE: Does it make sense to speak of "Universal Consciousness" or "Univer...
May 26, 2014 at 9:38 am
(May 25, 2014 at 11:34 pm)bennyboy Wrote:(May 25, 2014 at 8:04 pm)Chas Wrote: I see mind as a pattern of activity on a physical substrate, although that's a simplification. Mind emerges from the complexity.Let's talk about this.
If mind is emergent on complexity, then the question is: complexity of what? Everything in the universe is related. And the universe includes all brains, so the complexity of the universe is necessarily greater than that of all brains. This indicates a possibility (or in this case semantic necessity) of a universal consciousness.
Why is it that some collections of matter are thought of as singular agents with many parts, and others are thought of as just a bunch of stuff happening? Why are the energetic interactions between brain cells considered more complex than those between galaxies?
Non sequitur, equivocation.
To equate the local complexity of a brain with the complexity of all brains is truly fallacious.
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.