(August 30, 2014 at 9:36 am)Rhythm Wrote: I don't think pan-psychism has anything to offer us. Not all claims are created equal. We -do- have "Einsteins" doing that btw. Curiously, those einsteins aren't testing beach sand for consciousness, nor are they attempting to understand our architecture as some sort of radio transceiver. They have a good idea as to what they're looking for and where they'll find it (I mention this not because it's indicative of them being right, just that they're doing work on "something" that has a demonstrable effect - juxtaposed with claims that get no further than the claiming). I simply cant place pan-psychism on the same shelf as these. The field isn't wide open, for me.
^^This^^
There is no shortage of questions which could be posed using the English language which make little or no sense. Failing to have an answer to these should be no cause for concern.
