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I think that calling this a hypothesis is quite charitable.

• inphovore 4y ago
  I didn’t really mean to question the phrase hypothesis, rather that “lacking proof is not proof of lacking”, and why not lay out more form of curious extrapolation if that is after all, why we are here.
  • Valgrim 4y ago
    Your original claim is that consciousness is a quantum phenomenon. A) We can't even define consciousness, let alone describe it's physical nature. B) Even if it depends on quantum mechanics, it doesn't make it magic or unique to biology. C) It's an extraordinary claim, so back it up, man. I don't care about curious extrapolation, except in science fiction.
    • inphovore 4y ago
      A) I just DID! I DEFINE CONSCIOUSNESS AS THE INFLECTION UPON THE SUBSTRATE OF EXISTENTIAL BEING! B) I say all life has some smidgen of this magic. It is non-classical and will not emerge out of complexity. All humans do not have “an equal amount”. Next argument may be of capacity. The universe is the medium, consciousness the inflection, life the technology which animates. C) voices in our heads. I know, I know, you don’t want to believe that either. Pay attention, check back in ten years. Hear them? Doubt we’re being screwed with? That old “master mind theory” from a hundred years ago touched upon this before our taboo of speaking of these voices dismissed them as crazy. Snail telegraph? There are clues throughout history. We’re entangled, and it’s more of a hassle than a gift.
    • 2snakes 4y ago
      One definition of consciousness is: the distinction between self and other.