Idealism is more Rational than Materialism

[The Grand Nudger]

yes I take issue with this. namely that there are obvious signs that consciousness is not equivocal to "the machine" which I will assume you are referring to the brain. namely that even materialists acknowledge not all brains are conscious, only functioning brains are.

I don't think this is going to end up where you want it to.

for example the brain of a dead person cannot be said to have consciousness even though it has all the same material contents as a functioning brain.

It doesn't, if it did.... it would be difficult to explain why it was dead, and the other alive, don't you think? I guess the rest falls apart right there so I'll let it ride.

no... I think there is no reason to assume anything behind "consciousness" in general.

Strange, you keep speaking to me as though you do.

I stated quite clearly in the OP my idealistic view and I've stated many times I do not advocate solipsism.

Then perhaps you should retreat to it a little less?

as I said in the OP, idealism provides the possibility if not probability of an afterlife. if the world is a mental construct, there is no reason why it necessarily terminates your mind. you mind is only terminated when the for it is terminated or reversed. in your materialist view, this would be the termination of the brain. in my idealist view, it is contingent upon the super conscious, since this is where your consciousness emerges from.

Not even remotely what I asked, and I think we might want to make one silly claim at a time, rather than lumping them all together. But that's just me.

and you would be correct. however, what I accept as external (multi consciousness including a super conscious) is

-undemonstrated.......two massive and extraneous assumptions. Meanwhile, I'm saying -machine-. I think you might have lost your shit, if you think that you're reducing assumptions by invoking ghosts, "multi consciousness" and a "super conscious". But whatevs, I'm game - this is the point that you demonstrate the existence of any of those things...right? I'm assuming, of course, that I don;t need to demonstrate to you that your brain exists (and if I do...I think I'd be more likely to agree with your doubts, in the case of your brain, particularly).