[ExI] God's God

Andrew Mckee andymck35 at gmail.com
Mon Aug 26 04:57:07 UTC 2013


On Sun, 25 Aug 2013 05:19:33 +1200, Will Steinberg  
<steinberg.will at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.

Errrmm, yes, all very well.
But can I ask what small mountain of rational scientifically credible  
evidence drove you to this particular viewpoint?



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