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Re:Making the hard problem of consciousness easier by thanatos519 on Saturday May 29, 2021 @04:39AM (#27323884)
The less hand-wavy form of panpsychism is called IIT: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_information_theory
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Re:Making the hard problem of consciousness easier by hliyan on Saturday May 29, 2021 @04:45AM (#27323898)
Interesting! So basically: the basic unit of consciousness (whatever you may call it) is an intrinsic property of matter (or energy or particles?) and the more complex information systems matter forms, a more detailed model of the physical world emerges with that system, and the system experiences said model? I only did a quick reading so I may be misinterpreting the theory.
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Re:Making the hard problem of consciousness easier by jw1224 on Saturday May 29, 2021 @06:30AM (#27324274)
You are the universe experiencing itself.
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Re:Making the hard problem of consciousness easier by collyw on Sunday May 30, 2021 @07:04AM (#27332330)
Part of the universe. There are vast parts of it that I am not experiencing.
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Re:Making the hard problem of consciousness easier by gremlinsinc on Wednesday June 02, 2021 @01:46PM (#27371731)
What if everyone living or has lived is but a subconscious of the universe, and so you are experiencing them, you just aren't aware of it - in the moment?
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Re:Making the hard problem of consciousness easier by mellosouls on Saturday May 29, 2021 @05:01AM (#27323953)
Discussed in the article itself.
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