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panpsychism

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Denyse O'Leary
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February 29, 2020
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Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science
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Sabine Hossenfelder slams panpsychism

Denyse O'Leary
February 29, 2020
Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science
Electrons cannot be conscious Sabine Hossenfelder’s view because they cannot change their behavior. Hossenfelder’s impatience is understandable but she underestimates the seriousness of the problem serious thinkers about consciousness confront. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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February 10, 2020
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Human evolution, Intelligent Design, Mind
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The deplorable word has been spoken: Consciousness cannot have evolved

Denyse O'Leary
February 10, 2020
Human evolution, Intelligent Design, Mind
Wow. This will be interesting to watch. Remember when AI pioneer David Gelernter bid Darwin goodbye? So far as we know, nothing bad happened to Gelernter. If nothing awful happens to Kastrup, we might have more reasonable discussions in the future of what consciousness even is. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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January 16, 2020
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Biology, Intelligent Design, Naturalism, Religion
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Theoretical biologist quit over growing panpsychism, it turns out

Denyse O'Leary
January 16, 2020
Biology, Intelligent Design, Naturalism, Religion
In 2012, Italian theoretical biologist Marcello Barbieri resigned as editor of the journal Biosemiotics because he felt that research in this area had become unscientific. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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December 30, 2019
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Michael Egnor sympathizes with people who think the universe is conscious

Denyse O'Leary
December 30, 2019
Intelligent Design, Mind, Naturalism, Philosophy, Science
Michaael Egnor: There is no doubt that consciousness is a fundamental property of animal and human existence. As philosopher Philip Goff notes, a philosophy that cannot plausibly account for it cannot be correct. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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September 1, 2019
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Intelligent Design, Mind, Naturalism
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Late stage materialism?: Panpsychism (your coffee mug is conscious) sounds crazy but…

Denyse O'Leary
September 1, 2019
Intelligent Design, Mind, Naturalism
If you believe that nature is all there is and you can’t otherwise explain the mind, the mind must be part of nature and therefore electrons are conscious. Unless you want to say that the mind is an illusion. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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August 1, 2019
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Intelligent Design, Mind, Naturalism, Neuroscience, Physics
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Panpsychism: Scientists who believe that the universe is conscious

Denyse O'Leary
August 1, 2019
Intelligent Design, Mind, Naturalism, Neuroscience, Physics
Some prominent physicists and neuroscientists who cannot accept the idea of a separate immaterial reality (dualism) turn to the simplest alternative, that the whole universe participates in consciousness (panpsychism). Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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January 3, 2019
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Theoretical physicist takes on panpsychism. Bam! Pow!

Denyse O'Leary
January 3, 2019
Intelligent Design, Mind, Philosophy, Physics
It’s the basic problem of the coffee mug. If naturalism (nature is all there is), often called “materialism,” is true, either you and the mug are both conscious or neither of you is. The comments at BackRe(Action) illustrate the difficulty many have grasping that that is a serious problem. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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June 30, 2018
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Atheism, Intelligent Design
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Maybe atheists really ARE into the paranormal and superstition…

Denyse O'Leary
June 30, 2018
Atheism, Intelligent Design

Otherwise how do we explain this? From Matthew Olson at Digg: This Collaborative Map Of The Paranormal In Seattle Is The Best Thing Online This Week Founded by Seattleites Garrett Kelly (@boontdustie) and Jeremy Puma, the Liminal Seattle map is the region’s new go-to tool for tracking “fairies, ghosts, bigfoot, time travelers, extraterrestrials, ultraterrestrials, crow conferences, sentient lawn computers, lanyard’d ogres, broccoli wizards, etc.” … The project seems fairly tongue-in-cheek, but I don’t doubt that several of the stories marked on the map are real and genuinely inexplicable to the people who submitted them. More. Seattle? From Marcie Sillman & Kate O’Connell KUOW, If you don’t believe in God, Seattle may be the city for you. Ten percent of Seattle Read More ›