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> Yet somehow the sum total of their activity results in a conscious being That seems like a slightly peculiar idea of what a conscious being is.
by jfk13 6y ago
> Yet somehow the sum total of their activity results in a conscious being
That seems like a slightly peculiar idea of what a conscious being is.
- Vrondi 6y agoHumans are essentially a collective of symbiotic organisms which have been working together for so very long that some are no longer distinguishable as separate. We know that we have DNA that came from external sources. We know that we carry around a host of bacteria that are vital to our life and health. Somehow all of this (Scientifically speaking)results in an entity with a sense of "I". If you aren't thinking about it religiously, how else would one think about it?
- jamiek88 6y agoEven mitochondria were external beings originally. In a real sense we are a joint venture.