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Consciousness is based on a fifth fundamental force in the universe, and certain structures, like DNA, are tuned into that force, like an antenna.
by mozumder 10y ago
Consciousness is based on a fifth fundamental force in the universe, and certain structures, like DNA, are tuned into that force, like an antenna.
- omginternets 10y agoAre you referring to Cartesian dualism? Have you read Gilbert Ryle's "The Concept of Mind" (1949) [0]? This is a very old and tired argument. The form you seem to be endorsing has fallen out of favor in philosophy circles. For an intuitive understanding of why interactionist dualism is a bad explanation of phenomenology, consider the following problems: - How does your non-physical substance (what you call a fundamental force in the universe) interact with a physical "antenna"? - Given that this force interacts with matter (as evidenced by consciousness disappearing after certain brain injuries), how is it that it evades physical measure by scientific instruments? [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Concept_of_Mind https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Concept_of_Mind
- Scea91 10y agoStatements like this, without any arguments to support them, are quite uninteresting.
- mozumder 10y agoNothing is intrinsically interesting. Everything is just habit, based on what you are used to.
- _98fj 10y agoThat sounds like something Terence McKenna would have said.
- omginternets 10y agoOr Réné Descartes in the 17th century. The fundamental nature of res cogitans so to be conscious... if that rings any bells. :) It's also an idea that few philosophers of mind agree with at this point. Gilbert Ryle did a pretty good job of showing that the mind-body problem is a pseudo-problem [0]. [0] https://www.amazon.com/Concept-Mind-Gilbert-Ryle/dp/0226732967 https://www.amazon.com/Concept-Mind-Gilbert-Ryle/dp/02267329...