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To me it sounds like yet another attempt by materialism to get to grips with a non materialist view. We all know at some level that the universe is not just fu
by johndoe4589 10y ago
To me it sounds like yet another attempt by materialism to get to grips with a non materialist view.
We all know at some level that the universe is not just full of "dumb rocks" (quoting Alan Watts). Evolution CAN coexist with the unknown. We're all mapping a sandbox from the inside, so to speak.
Evolution is a thing, physics is a thing, and it can all happen in consciousness.
But the notion of "god" and "intelligent universe" are so loaded these days, that a materialist has to find all kind of funny ways around it.
I think it's valuable, to try to express old ideas in a more modern language... But let's be honest theories like the "universe is a imulation", or that intelligence somehow pertains to alien life ... are just ways to postpone the hard problem of consciousness.
Potentially related:
The Physicalist Worldview as Neurotic Ego-Defense Mechanism
http://realitysandwich.com/320896/the-physicalist-worldview-as-neurotic-ego-defense-mechanism/ http://realitysandwich.com/320896/the-physicalist-worldview-...
- monktastic1 10y ago> To me it sounds like yet another attempt by materialism to get to grips with a non materialist view. I actually commend that. Opening up to the idea that physical reality is something far stranger than we've imagined is a great way to open oneself to the possibility that "physical reality" isn't at all the sort of thing we've long imagined it to be. Same with the simulation hypothesis. There was this article recently: http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/Edge20161030 http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/Edge20161030 And it contained this gem, which may actually get the right wheels turning in some minds: "If the universe is a computer simulation then we should look at the player, not the level."