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Re:Ask HN: Where does consciousness come from? by yan on Friday December 19, 2008 @10:18AM (#403384)
If not meat, where? I don't mean to offend, but I am curious as to how one can separate pseudo-science, already disproven ideas (All matter is made from 5 elements) and some eastern tradition from posed hypothesis, repeatable experiments and conclusions that are up for being argued.
Re:Ask HN: Where does consciousness come from? by yters on Friday December 19, 2008 @11:21AM (#403470)
One approach is to say consciousness is properly basic like science assumes matter and/or energy are/is.