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Does the author say material existence is all there is?

• yters 8y ago
  He think life and consciousness are states of matter.
  • short_sells_poo 8y ago
    You make the assumption that material existence is somehow less than other (religious/spiritual). It doesn't need to be. For what it's worth, my takeaway was that there is so much mystery, wonder and complexity in the material existence that it's just as deep and exciting as any spiritual worldview.
    • yters 8y ago
      Normally life and consciousness were considered to be spiritual things. By claiming they are states of matter, the author seems to be stating matter is all there is to existence. This is a huge assumption. It's very speculative to claim life and consciousness can be reduced to matter, with no evidence to back it up to date.
      • UnFleshedOne 8y ago
        Shouldn't that be the other way around? There seem to be no evidence for life and consciousness being something other than complex states of matter.
        • yters 8y ago
          No, exactly the opposite. All scientific evidence we have is filtered through the first person perspective. The most directly evident view is that consciousness is primary and matter is secondary.
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