The universe exists because we are here?
Instead of the other way around? If you can’t sleep and have already overdosed on cute cat vids, try this one, from Futurism and SFGate: The brain isn’t the seat of consciousness but acts more like a radio receiver, and perhaps emitter, translating conscious activity into physical correlates. (The radio receiver metaphor describes the feedback loop between mind and brain, which are actually not separate but part of the same complementary activity in consciousness.) To understand our true participation in the universe, we must learn much more about awareness and how it turns mind into matter and vice versa. These are difficult truths for mainstream scientists to accept, and some would react to them with skepticism, disbelief, or anger. But Read More ›