Electrons May Well Be Conscious

Re:Electrons May Well Be Conscious by stared on Monday May 18, 2020 @05:14AM (#23220146)

Closely related, especially given the context of consciousness, one of my favorite stories: "The Egg" (http://www.galactanet.com/oneoff/theegg_mod.html, or if you prefer read by Kurzgesagt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6fcK_fRYaI).

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Re:Electrons May Well Be Conscious by mercer on Monday May 18, 2020 @12:00PM (#23224118)

Possibly interesting fact: the writer of The Egg also wrote The Martian. Haven't read the book, but the film was great and much funnier than I expected.

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Re:Electrons May Well Be Conscious by Ruphin on Monday May 18, 2020 @06:00AM (#23220444)

My favorite version of this story is told throughout Logic's "Everybody" album. I highly recommend it.

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Re:Electrons May Well Be Conscious by buckminstrix on Monday May 18, 2020 @05:32AM (#23220263)

Really profound content from a great channel. Another channel with related insightful content is "The School of Life" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7IcJI8PUf5Z3zKxnZvTBog

Panpsychism needs a new name. That word sounds quite alien. But the concept is familiar to humans in their "raw" state.

Young children sometimes befriend rocks, elder people sometimes talk to their plants, and some tribes and pre-modern cultures widely believed there was life inside everything. It's a little disappointing the "Wikipedia" article on it does not mention: Australian aborigines, Amazon tribes, Hindus and more.

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