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Materialism alone cannot explain the riddle of consciousness
- andrew-lucker 10y agoI feel like philosophers have an over-active desire to simplify. In their mind consciousness must be something elegant and having refined gem-like qualities. As we see now, consciousness is probably a lot more fuzzy than we had predicted. We now have robot appendages for amputees that interface more and more closely with the natural brain. Even from this cyborg point of view, the patients don't seem to think so much about it other than simply "OMG, thank you". The question of where "soul" exists is older than science, and not really something I could add anything to.
- Finnucane 10y agoMaybe I am not following his argument sufficiently, but if there is some nonmaterial element of consciousness that arises out of the quantum weirdness of matter, then why does is it appear to be concentrated in our heads? Wouldn't it be a property of all things everywhere? Or is he actually suggesting that it is?