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A long time ago in a galaxy far away I entered U.C. Berkeley as a physics major. Then I dropped acid and became very interested in consciousness, but didn't see
by boxmonster 6y ago
A long time ago in a galaxy far away I entered U.C. Berkeley as a physics major. Then I dropped acid and became very interested in consciousness, but didn't see that being taught in the physics track, so I dropped it. Now I see that physics is coming around to talking about consciousness. I don't know why they stopped, because I learned later that early 2oth century physicists did talk about it. Max Planck among others. Materialism reigns supreme and I don't know why. No one has to start being a theist when they stop being a materialist.
I regard consciousness as fundamental. I regard matter as derivative from consciousness. We cannot get behind consciousness. Everything that we talk about, everything that we regard as existing, postulates consciousness
― Max Planck
- ryan93 6y agoYou clearly wouldn’t have made it as a physicist.
- renox 6y agoThat's funny: your post talk has exactly the same problems as string theory: untestable predictions. How are you going to do experiments which test whether 'consciouness is fundamental' or not?
- boxmonster 6y agoAs I said, physicists thought about it 100 years ago and then the atomic age came along and physicists didn't pursue consciousness as an area of interest. That's been changing recently. Some catching up must be done. As you point out, tests do not exist yet. It doesn't matter if you give up on it. It's being pursued. I think it's an interesting consideration.