[ExI] God's God

[ilsa]

Good for you Will. And thank you. Some years ago I hinted at this and was
dropped kicked through the goal posts.
Will, there is habitual resistance too.
Smile, Ilsa
On Aug 24, 2013 10:20 AM, "Will Steinberg" <steinberg.will at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> On Aug 24, 2013 1:15 PM, "John Clark" <johnkclark at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Sat, Aug 24, 2013 at 1:09 PM, Will Steinberg <
> steinberg.will at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> > What do you think causes consciousness?  (Hint: the entire universe
> is conscious)
> >
> > I'll need a hell of a lot bigger hint than that!
> >
> >   John K Clark
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> Then I would say:  the universe is material; you know this.  Yet you
> perceive.  Animals seem to as well.  The paradox of consciousness is
> resolved by the fact that we have emerged from an evolving gradient of
> universal consciousness, that matter has as much consciousness as its
> informational constituents, that we are a sum consciousness of electron
> transfers around myriad atomic nuclei, that 'Gaia,' and every integrated
> system, is conscious, and that this is the ONLY rational view for a
> scientist.  Everything else is anthropocentric garbage.
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