(January 29, 2015 at 10:22 am)Cato Wrote: The idea is ludicrous. The author is attempting to resolve a gap in our knowledge of consciousness by invoking another consciousness that doesn't even have the merit of being demonstrable. Would not the cosmic consciousness suffer from the same problems of consciousness it is attempting to solve? Do we then invoke the idea of a super-cosmic consciousness to resolve the cosmic conscious problems?
Mathematics is a construct of human consciousness for modelling observed reality: a means of explanation and prediction. Inverting this relationship is far-fetched and has no basis in fact. The author has the burden of explanation if his/her 'mathematical structures' is to take a non-conventional meaning. My guess is that the author is employing the well known tactic of using scientific sounding language in an attempt to make the bizarre sound credible.
Trying to solve a mystery by appealing to a bigger mystery.
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- Thomas Jefferson
- Thomas Jefferson
