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crackpot idea A respectable philosophical idea with thousands of years behind it, and new impetus the past couple of decades. Always best to have at least a b
by mellosouls 3y ago
crackpot idea
A respectable philosophical idea with thousands of years behind it, and new impetus the past couple of decades.
Always best to have at least a basic understanding of a subject before using such dismissive terms.
You can read about it here:
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/panpsychism/ https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/panpsychism/
- tgv 3y agoI'd recommend going back to spontaneous generation first. A very respectable, old idea. Or perhaps the existence of a soul? That's even older, and is still heavily defended until this day. If lineage is so important, belief in a soul trumps pan-psychism.