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Re:What If Consciousness Comes First? by a_wild_dandan on Wednesday July 24, 2019 @04:21PM (#20519243)
Unless I've misunderstood you, it sounds like you're advocating the "god of the gaps" argument. Don't understand something? Hide it behind the ol' God Band-Aid and call it a day. But that's just ignoring the problem with extra steps.

As a side-note, there are some radical, fascinating attacks on the hard problem of consciousness, such as dual-aspect monism.[1] I'd love to hear y'alls thoughts.

[1] http://nautil.us/issue/47/consciousness/is-matter-conscious

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Re:What If Consciousness Comes First? by eternalny1 on Wednesday July 24, 2019 @04:32PM (#20519343)
Not to get all "Matrix" on you but yes to my feeble mind it would seem to require a "god" to create god.

Then all things break down, as they do now at the quantum boundary.

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