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Re:There Is No 'Hard Problem of Consciousness' by essentia0 on Monday May 18, 2026 @08:52AM (#48179068)
Do you have a verdict for whether science can ever explain the origin of the universe? I can only doubt it could answer the actual hard problem of consciousness. I find most people, especially on here, to be blindly "science-optimistic"
Re:There Is No 'Hard Problem of Consciousness' by lioeters on Monday May 18, 2026 @06:18PM (#48186556)
> origin of the universe?

Creatio ex nihilo.

> consciousness?

Ditto. It's actually the same question.

Re:There Is No 'Hard Problem of Consciousness' by GoblinSlayer on Tuesday May 19, 2026 @12:49PM (#48195846)
Why not. The origin of the universe is the initial state of the universe.