A Conscious Universe

[bennyboy]

So going back to the drying paint question, what information is in play when paint dries?

Information about its chemistry as it interacts with air.

Also, how does information does anything? For example, I can picture myself walking and not walk. There is a difference between me walking and me thinking about walking. I don't see how idealism differentiates between the concept and the action.

Well, in one case, you are walking outside where other people walk, and in the other case, you are imagining walking, and other people cannot walk there, because it's in your imagination.

Also, if the fundamental thing is information, what is consciousness?

The subjective awareness of information.

So you think something doesn't exist if doesn't occupy space? Where did you get this requirement?

Hmmmm. . . what does "exist" mean to you?

FYI, consciousness and information don't occupy space either. Consciousness and information don't have a well defined position in space. How would you order information in time, i.e. cause and effect?

Do consciousness and information "exist"? Then I think I can almost answer my question about how you define that word. Let me ask you-- do numbers exist?

There are too many fundamental aspects of reality that I don't see idealism answering. Just to name a few,
What is an action?

A deliberate change of state in one's environment.

How do you differetiate between actions and concepts of actions?

I don't understand this question.

How does cause and effect work?

The interaction of ideas over time causes change of state.

What is consciousness?

The subjective awareness of information.