Thursday, June 17, 2010

Approaching the hard problem of consciousness.

So, how is it possible for the intangible yet personally subjective experience of consciousness, can come from mere matter? Is this hard problem of consciousness something that can be answered through biochemistry and psychology, or will an answer come from knowledge not yet understood? Perhaps we are approaching the question in a reverse order than it really is, maybe we should ask, "how is it that perceived matter can exist from conscious experience. Or even possibly, it may be such that perceived matter and consciousness are two different forms of something fundamental to the existence of the universe. They could be just two different experiences of the same thing: matter is perceived through phenomenon, while consciousness is felt in a form more closely to the noumenon. Both matter and consciousness behave quite similarly to that which we call light. Light can be both a particle (matter) and a wave (consciousness). Just as light behaves as a wave until observed, when at that precise moment it collapses into a particle; quite similarly, may be the way matter and consciousness behave. They are simply two different forms of the same stuff. And, I believe it to be the stuff of the universe, of which it is made. And, yes, made as in created by an omnipresence in a patterned image of itself (like the infinite fractals within a hologram) known to mankind as God.

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