Could the cosmos, in fact, be conscious?

Re:Could the cosmos, in fact, be conscious? by layer8 on Monday April 01, 2024 @06:47PM (#39900306)

I’m criticizing panpsychism as a theory of the universe, not as a theory of consciousness. But even as the latter, neither does it explain much of anything, nor does it make any useful predictions I’m aware of.

Personally I don’t make the claim that all humans or even I myself are conscious, because I find the notion of consciousness to be too ill-defined.

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Re:Could the cosmos, in fact, be conscious? by CuriouslyC on Monday April 01, 2024 @06:56PM (#39900372)

That is something we can certainly disagree on. I would hope given your fist-hand experience of the universe you would at least posit that you yourself are conscious :)

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Re:Could the cosmos, in fact, be conscious? by joquarky on Tuesday April 02, 2024 @03:04PM (#39909610)

It seems like you're trying to apply science outside of its domain. Science is a tool to examine only phenomena that can be repeated and quantified.

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