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mcguire on Sept 18, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Consciousness Isn’t a Mystery, It’s Matter

"...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?

carapace on Sept 18, 2016 [–]

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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