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Re:Electrons May Well Be Conscious by SideburnsOfDoom on Monday May 18, 2020 @04:05AM (#23219644)
> but claiming that it is fully explainable in some mechanistic way sounds suspect to me.

What's the alternative? If it's not "fully explainable in some mechanistic way" then you need a mystical component to the explanation?

That is itself suspect, exceedingly suspect, to many people.

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Re:Electrons May Well Be Conscious by TheOtherHobbes on Monday May 18, 2020 @04:18AM (#23219749)
The alternative is that current metaphors are wrong and new metaphors are needed.
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Re:Electrons May Well Be Conscious by SideburnsOfDoom on Monday May 18, 2020 @04:47AM (#23219971)
Will those new metaphors be "some mechanistic way" or not?

Proposing new mechanisms is all fine and well, But mixing in mysticism, and you lose respect from all of science.

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