Recent content by mosassam

Sorry! - this probably isn't going to help your thesis as it's a personal observation. The 'opposite' of experience is experiencing. An experience is something that has ended and then rationalised, whereas experiencing is that which occurs prior to rationalising (or is that...

Firstly, it has not been said that consciousness is QM Secondly, you seem certain that QM has no application at a genetic level. The theme that seems to be developing in this thread can possibly be viewed in this way- However an observer comprehends reality dictates the nature of that reality...

I fully agree. It seems to me that science, and in particular physics, is a crystallisation of Rational Thought and, as such, is finally reaching the threshold of its own limitations. There has always been a fractal nature to Rational Thought (reflected in Reductionism) that no matter what the...

Not at all.

I'm not sure I see how the laws of physics are 'artifacts of the way we percieve the universe'. I assume the law of gravity was firmly in place long before human consciousness arose. On the other hand, as all data has to be processed by an aspect of consciousness I can see how everything is 'an...

Thanks Nabuco, a really eye-opening link. Referring to my original question it seems Scott is suggesting that QM can be derived exclusively via mathematics although he does point out the usefulness of experimentation. As Abstract Thought (mathematics) is an aspect of human consciousness this may...

Is there any aspect of QM that doesn't ultimately come down to the nature of consciousness?

In the same way a thought or a feeling will never be proven or disproven. But hold on a sec...

You're sat at home chilling out. You get a phonecall saying you're having a drug test tomorrow. You realize (thought-nonphysical) that you're going to fail. As a result, you get stressed out (nonphysical). As a result of the stress you get a weird rash all over your face (physical). This is not...

As long as you have a materialistic outlook you must accept that you can never really grasp something nonphysical, such as Awareness, Thought, Consciousness, Life etc. As a materialist you view all nonphysical phenomena "spring forth" from physical phenomena. The notion that it may be the other...

So basically, things are the way they are because that's the way they are. It seems a bit lame to me and an absolutely pointless thing to say.

Well done to Russ and Baywax for rushing to the "mind of the matter" (Re:Post#14). The funny thing about reality is that what you "see" you "are". (it was either me or Spike Milligan who said that, I'm not sure)

This, for me, is the point of interest. Let's forget dualism or the 'little man inside', that's just Thought trying to have its way. Genuine creativity occurs in the absence of "the observer" (be it baking, athletics, maths, music, etc.), but what is creating? (this is actually a stupid question...

To Paul_Peciak. The point you are making has a deep, sorrowful beauty. So many people dislike themselves, and treat others accordingly. Conversely, those who do like who they are treat others accordingly. As Rade pointed out in his excellent post (#10), you have answered your own question -...

This doesn't tally with what I was saying. Before explaining why, I must confess that my last post (like so many of mine) can be viewed as bulls#*t, because they are my groping attempts to get to a 'model' of reality that feels right to me, one that makes maximum sense (to me) logically but also...