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    Physics Intro by Dr. Donald Luttermoser | ETSU

    At the point after the Big Bang when matter "condensed out of" energy, might that in any way be thought of as a "phase transition"?
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    Who decides what is right and wrong in a world where one being makes the rules?

    Because the "essence" of the ACT may "live on" in the memory of the Universe ...It's "network of memories" being that which comprise the "spiritual domain". Thus, the essence of the act -- the EXPERIENCE of the act by the Universe -- transcends the transient suffering of the "physical system"...
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    Who decides what is right and wrong in a world where one being makes the rules?

    Goodness is its own reward. Cause & Effect. Thanks.
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    Who decides what is right and wrong in a world where one being makes the rules?

    Right. But a Being with "wisdom" would only "recommend" that we "apply" It's Wisdom. I might go back later to see if it's worth it to respond ...but lost antecedents generally get passed over ...which might be a shame if there is something "important" ...if ANY of this "important". You see...
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    Who decides what is right and wrong in a world where one being makes the rules?

    Wrong again. It is NOT whether "It" (God or the Universe) "believed that this was appropriate." It is something I decide based on what I CREATED as a way of DEMONSTRATING my profound appreciation of my Source. It is I who have decided to HONOUR "IT". "It" hasn't ORDAINED that I...
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    Why reductive explanations of consciousness must fail

    That is correct: something is missing. And I am proposing what it is: that the basic sensing and responding to information within and among all PHYSICAL SYSTEMS give rise to consciousness based on complexity of detection systems, storage and response. This is how physicality gives rise to...
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    Why reductive explanations of consciousness must fail

    I don't know what this means? Is it that the energy available and the work being done cancel each other out? Whatever the case -- and by whatever manner of computation yeilds a "net energy of zero" -- I know you can't be implying that there is "no energy" in the Universe. Too much going on...
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    Why reductive explanations of consciousness must fail

    And "how" the Universe may actually "be" is "an Eternal Entity of Energy that's Experiencing Itself Evolving. The "mechanics" that may be "generating consciousness" is the "Information Exchange System(s)". When "storage" reaches a critical level, a "higher level" of understanding one's...
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    Why reductive explanations of consciousness must fail

    But this is only because "we" say so. If we allowed for consciousness to be fundamental to the Universe as a product of the intrinsic sense and response mechanism of the System ...then it WOULD be "sufficient". And then we would understand that "consciousness" is a matter of "degrees" based...
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    Why reductive explanations of consciousness must fail

    Please help me tease out the distinctions between what is meant by "being conscious." In fact, let us turn to AHD (American Heritage Dictionary): Conscious: Adj. 1. a. having an awarenes of one's own existence, sensation and thoughts and of one's environment ...as in "injured by conscious"...
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    Why reductive explanations of consciousness must fail

    Thanks. Why? I think it's a GREAT idea. Remember: there are "degrees of consciousness" ...even within a single system. A system as a whole might be "aware" of certain incoming -- or stored -- information ...but not of others at any given time. There is a distinction between the word...
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    Why reductive explanations of consciousness must fail

    You have asked excellent questions and I thank you for them. Let me see if I can run them through my paradigm: What would be the "contents of consciousness"? Possibly all that an entity "remembers". Our brains, for instance, are "set up" to "store" a LOT of information (units -- or...
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    Color's Intrinsic Nature: Light, Perception & Information

    Is consciousness "indicative" of a certain property that is intrinsic to all "matter" ...that is, the Exchange of Information? Info Exchange -- DETECTION / RESPONSE -- may be the "cause" ...and consciousness the "effect". And are the "equivalent"? Well, sort of ...in that they each...
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    Why reductive explanations of consciousness must fail

    Sorry, Hypnagogue, but I must reply to Dark Wing here: Of COURSE energy and matter "change their behavior patterns" based on information they receive/perceive from each other. Does not the electron shift it's orbit based on something it's detecting? Do not elementary particles "stick...
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    Why reductive explanations of consciousness must fail

    Today is Feb. 5. Page 14 was Feb. 2. I don't think we're talking ancient history here. And even if it WERE, let us not pretend that the discussion on these threads is linear in any way. What I was doing was addressing the POVs of participants vis a vis a reductive explanation of...
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