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I don't understand how there could be circular reasoning involving consciousness when explaining what matter is. I am not a physicist so I will stick with the c
by netizen-936824 5y ago
I don't understand how there could be circular reasoning involving consciousness when explaining what matter is. I am not a physicist so I will stick with the chemical definition. Matter is made up of atoms, which are made up of proton, electrons, and neutrons. These particles interact and react to form ordered structures which have new emergent properties. These systems build on each other to create new systems such as cells which make up organisms which is what you and I are.
- strogonoff 5y agoYou skipped the part where it is the matter that your consciousness observes.
- netizen-936824 5y agoAh I see, that's a good method of writing off evidence arbitrarily! If we cannot agree that objective observations can be made and shared from the perspective of a human, then it's obvious that you will just write off everything after that point and this conversation is meaningless. This agreement is generally implicit when discussing the results of research.
- strogonoff 5y agoI am not writing the evidence off, merely pointing out that you are observing correlational evidence, and causal link in one particular direction is your conjecture.