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I couldn't disagree more. A universe without consciousness to observe it isn't terribly interesting. Furthermore - consciousness is strange enough that is an
by andybak 6y ago
I couldn't disagree more.
A universe without consciousness to observe it isn't terribly interesting.
Furthermore - consciousness is strange enough that is an entirely defensible philosophical position to believe it's the building block of everything else.
- throwaway_pdp09 6y ago> an entirely defensible philosophical position to believe it's the building block of everything else Could we have a link please?
- namero999 6y agoI would suggest to look into the work of Bernardo Kastrup for a rational argumentation of such topic. A comp-sci PhD, worked at CERN, turned idealist, a second PhD in philosophy, a very lucid and proficient writer.
- morelisp 6y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idealism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idealism It's literally half of post-Enlightenment western philosophy. Kant, Berkeley, Schopenhauer; artistically Borges; in the sciences Brouwer and Schrödinger; etc.
- throwaway_pdp09 6y agoNow that is a link. Thank you.
- andybak 6y agoThank you for coming to my defence so perfectly. I might have been tempted to veer off into a discussion about panpsychism (because it's so fascinating) but this is a much stronger example.