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Panpsychism may be easier to parody than to refute. Much like Santa. The possibility of mind-bits floating around does not explain why the nervous system (whi
by mynameishere 19y ago
Panpsychism may be easier to parody than to refute.
Much like Santa.
The possibility of mind-bits floating around does not explain why the nervous system (which, at its earliest, has a well-understood and insensate habit of food-gathering) would have more than its fair share of mind-bits.
We do understand how silicon, germanium, copper, etc, turn into a machine having something similar to thought processes, and these processes are 100 percent detached from the originating materials.
- euccastro 19y agoHow could the processes be detached from the materials, if their 'unfolding' is determined[1] by their physical properties? And how would those processes manifest without materials? Can there be consciousness without physical manifestation? [1] I'm ignoring open questions about determinism in physics since computers as we know them don't depend on that stuff.