Re: the conscious universe

From: Wade T.Smith (wade_smith@harvard.edu)
Date: Mon Oct 02 2000 - 13:32:32 BST

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Subject: Re: the conscious universe
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    On 10/02/00 04:19, Robin Faichney said this-

    >My position: There is, and can be, no objective evidence for (or against)
    >consciousness, in individuals or in the universe, because it is entirely
    >subjective, a "matter of opinion" as opposed to one of fact, which is why
    >it is entirely legitimate to suggest that it be considered a universal
    >attribute, instead of inexplicably being located in some systems that
    >exceed some arbitrary degree of complexity.

    As a philosophical position, I see no reason to refute this. It is
    entirely legitimate within its space. So is Euclidean analysis in
    Euclidean space.

    - Wade

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