> But for most of us, [the brain as an ordinary configuration of matter] is an easy premise to accept. The Geocentric (Ptolemaic) model of cosmos was also a ve

> But for most of us, [the brain as an ordinary configuration of matter] is an easy premise to accept. The Geocentric (Ptolemaic) model of cosmos was also a very easy premise to accept, until our sensory apparatus and measuring systems exceeded a certain level and the model failed. Note that it was also perfectly conformant with Occam's Razor (i.e. minimal assumptions) given the sensory and measurement systems available at the time of its conception and wide acceptance. Also one does not need to be "very religious" to entertain the notion that consciousness (Self-sense) may be a fundamental feature (like EM or gravity) of reality. It is simply one of the 2 options on the table: reactive black-box of matter (the 'processing structure as basis for mind' thesis) or what I'll call 'deep-structure of material universe as a basis for mind' that does not delineate the 'mind' as bounded by 'brain'. We, like the ancients, may not yet possess the sensory and measuring apparatus (think telescopes, accurate clocks, and mathematical tools) to note that the fact (apparent to our primitive cognitive tools) that "the sun, the moon, and the stars move and earth stands still" is not the entire story of the cosmos.