Re: the conscious universe

From: Robin Faichney (robin@reborntechnology.co.uk)
Date: Mon Oct 02 2000 - 14:36:02 BST

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    On Mon, Oct 02, 2000 at 08:32:32AM -0400, Wade T.Smith wrote:
    > 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.

    Of course, our present concepts might at some future point be considered
    as limited as Euclidean ones now seem to us -- in fact, that's very
    likely. If that's your only remaining criticism, perhaps we can move on? 

    -- 
Robin Faichney

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