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Re:Are Physical Laws Inevitable? by perl4ever on Wednesday December 11, 2019 @09:42PM (#21768844)
I think people have thought the thought that perhaps everything is conscious.[1] If so, then it doesn't seem that odd to think of a machine being conscious.

[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panpsychism

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Re:Are Physical Laws Inevitable? by yters on Saturday December 14, 2019 @10:41AM (#21790010)
People have thought there are spirits guiding every process that occurs in the universe, thus it doesn't seem odd to think little invisible gnomes make my computer work.
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