On naturalism and consciousness

[Surgenator]

Entropy destroys the detail intricacies. So on large scales like a galaxy, you only have to worry about gravity and not how many supernova's went off.

I think there's an exception-- mind.

There is no exception that i'm aware of; it's a second law of thermodynamics effect. There are systems where the dominate force is the flow of "signals", electronics is a great example.

Along Rhythm's lines, you could see a mind as a kind of transistor of unlimited power.

Let me stop you right there. The production of unlimited power (power=Energy/time) would mean unlimited energy source. Conservation of energy is a core law of science. You need some really impressive observations to say energy is no longer conserved.

A single mind could, based on just a little information, decide to push a big red button and destroy a planet. Or that same information could be that last drop in the bathtub that draws a "Eureka!" and changes the mental functioning of billions of beings through the spread of a new idea.

A system that changes drastically is either chaotic or metastable. If it's chaotic, it will not produce the similiar effects for similiar inputs. If it's metastable (as your big red button example), it is not robust by definition.