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What is a "state of matter" other than an emergent property of quantum behaviors? States of matter are merely a construction to simplify those behaviors, and th
by crystaln 11y ago
What is a "state of matter" other than an emergent property of quantum behaviors? States of matter are merely a construction to simplify those behaviors, and there is nothing inherently flawed with viewing consciousness this way.
That said, there are serious flaws in this write-up, including many simplifying and already debunked presumptions about unified consciousness.
- Retra 11y agoNo, there's nothing wrong with it. Exact as javajosh said: it is an abstraction whose analogous forms would make anything a state of matter. If consciousness is a state of matter, why not plant? Isn't plant a state of matter? Why not life? Why isn't sleep a state of matter? You could see it that way. You could see anything anyway you like. The objection is that seeing things this way causes confusion, not understanding.