What if absolutely everything is conscious? - Upgoat

What if absolutely everything is conscious?
submitted by paul_neri to Philosophy 10 monthsAug 14, 2024 08:50:19 ago (+10/-0) (www.msn.com)
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[ - ] ImplicationOverReason 0 points 9 monthsAug 27, 2024 04:16:51 ago (+0/-0)

CON (together with) SCIOUS/SCIRE (to know) contradicts AB (off, away from) + SOLVERE (to loosen, untie, release, detach).

All perceivable sets apart each ones perception...few utilize suggestion to tempt consenting many together.

[ - ] deleted 9 points 10 monthsAug 14, 2024 09:10:45 ago (+9/-0)

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[ + ] CHIRO

[ - ] CHIRO 1 point 10 monthsAug 14, 2024 11:48:47 ago (+1/-0)

For as nice as this kind of language sounds, it is unfortunate that it doesn't explain anything. Like, why any particular things exist, including you. Or why there may be moral facts in the universe. Effectively, it's a way of dismissing the importance of everything you know. I have grown to hate new ageism.

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[ - ] deleted 2 points 10 monthsAug 14, 2024 12:53:09 ago (+2/-0)

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[ - ] boekanier 5 points 10 monthsAug 14, 2024 10:59:59 ago (+5/-0)

yes, everything is consciousness, there is nothing else

[ - ] CHIRO 4 points 10 monthsAug 14, 2024 14:56:40 ago (+4/-0)

What if a lot less things are conscious than it appears?

I'd say a small percentage of the human race is even conscious.

[ + ] PotatoWhisperer2

[ - ] PotatoWhisperer2 2 points 10 monthsAug 14, 2024 16:27:09 ago (+2/-0)

Remember when people were beginning to discover literal NPCs? Like the kind of people who have no inner monologue or thoughts?

It just so happened that the estimated percentage of these people very closely matched the population of non-Whites in the country.

But that's just a coincidence.

[ + ] PostWallHelena

[ - ] PostWallHelena 1 point 10 monthsAug 14, 2024 15:25:11 ago (+2/-1)

Good point. Consciousness may be an illusion. Maybe none of us are conscious.

[ + ] Sector2

[ - ] Sector2 1 point 10 monthsAug 14, 2024 16:21:43 ago (+1/-0)

Depends on how you define consciousness. "Free will" is in the same boat, with most humans being completely unaware of the basis for their behaviors.

[ - ] ModernGuilt 4 points 10 monthsAug 14, 2024 11:15:40 ago (+4/-0)

Guilt is a White person dilemma. I think the Bible tried to mitigate it by saying we have dominion over the creeping things. It's not to condone senseless sadism, but to allow us to get something done

[ - ] TheOriginal1Icemonkey 4 points 10 monthsAug 14, 2024 10:27:28 ago (+4/-0)

Does your tofu scream when you dice it?

[ - ] Lost_In_The_Thinking 3 points 10 monthsAug 14, 2024 09:41:55 ago (+3/-0)

What if c-a-t spelled "dog"?

[ - ] NeedleStack 2 points 10 monthsAug 14, 2024 15:16:57 ago (+2/-0)

The level of consciousness of plants and trees is debateable but if you've spent long stretches of time out in nature you know the whole place is very much alive. I don't know what point I'm making lol.

[ - ] Ragnar 0 points 10 monthsAug 14, 2024 18:26:04 ago (+0/-0)

Everything but you, queeri.
You are a brainless fart from the bowels of hell

[ - ] anrach 0 points 10 monthsAug 14, 2024 17:30:53 ago (+0/-0)

Consciousness is obviously a spectrum of complexity, but the bare minimum entry point is that the thing has the capacity for sensation a.k.a. experience. There is no indication of all objects having that capacity.

I haven't read your shitty msn article, but I suspect it hinges on some sort of re-definition of what we typically mean by 'consciousness', which is cheating.

[ - ] Sector2 0 points 10 monthsAug 14, 2024 16:19:13 ago (+0/-0)

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/353430/what-if-absolutely-everything-is-conscious

Apparently the original source, even if that site is "problematic" too. Just not as crappy as msm.com.

[ - ] Puller_of_Noses 0 points 10 monthsAug 14, 2024 15:15:07 ago (+0/-0)

That doesn't explain niggers.
I only come here looking for a reason niggers exist.

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