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I don't think so, consciousness seems from another dimension, you feel that you are present in this world while even if you build the most complex machinery you don't obtain that result.

I am obviously just speculating because I don't see an obvious connection between matter and consciousness even if they are linked in some way. The article doesn't give any clarity about this problem stated by Leibniz et al.




"...I don't see an obvious connection between matter and consciousness even if they are linked in some way."

Dualism has worse problems, though. If there is no connection between consciousness and matter, how do psychoactive substances alter consciousness? How do conscious decisions cause material movements?


Well, that's the problem(s) isn't it? There's obviously some connection, what could it be?

If you're going to take both subjective awareness and physics seriously there's a huge and crucial mystery here!

Q.E.D. (Or running in circles, as you like.)




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