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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...
Let's try an experiment of the imagination. Let's take a brain, and select a single neuron, and remove it. Is there still mind? Yes-- nobody has ever suggested that there is one "magic keystone" neuron that, when removed, will render a person completely mindless. Now repeat this process over and over. We both agree a person's quality of experience will eventually suffer, but that there will (at least for a while) still be some kind of mind.

Now, at some point, you are going to argue that our gradually degraded brain is no longer capable of sustaining sufficient complexity to be said to be mindful, right? So let me ask you a question-- is there a specific line at which this will be said, or is it a gradual degradation that extends right down to a minimallly sufficient level of complexity?
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RE: Does it make sense to speak of "Universal Consciousness" or "Univer... - by bennyboy - June 2, 2014 at 3:19 pm

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