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Describing a physical object involves associating specific properties perceived in relation to that object. For instance, visualizing a massive soft blue ball in a white room includes imagining the spatial dynamics, such as the ball's movement and the room's depth, as well as sensory experiences like sound and effort. This imaginative process creates a comprehensive mental environment. The discussion posits that the universe's existence can be framed through the organization of mental properties, suggesting that all physical properties correlate with mental experiences (qualia). If only observers existed, the universe would be a complex interplay of organized mental properties rather than reliant on physical entities. This perspective emphasizes the role of mental organization in constructing a perceived reality.
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If I needed to describe a physical object it would be necessary to associate certain properties to it, properties I perceive as being related to this object. For example, when someone describes a massive soft blue ball bouncing in a white room what I would imagine is: a white background; a blue circle moving up and down deforming slightly as it stops going down (as it bounces); visual parallaxis to see the 3D room and the sphere; a comfortable distance to perceive the ball clearly; "feel" the effort that would be necessary to move the ball to imagine its mass; maybe imagine the sound of the bouncing. Just imagining the subjective qualities created a "complete" physical environment. By applying the known laws of physics to this environment it would appear more and more realistic.
In this situation the only things necessary to the existence of the "universe" is the organization of certain mental properties in a certain way. In the perspective of an observer all physical properties have an equivalent relationship of mental properties (qualia) which gives an indirect understanding of the physical properties. If it was possible for only the observers to exist the universe would ultimately consist of a complex relationship of mental properties organized by non mental properties.
To build the universe from the perspective of an observer nothing "physical" is necessary if its mental properties are organized by an "organizing program" and its ultimate constituents are now qualia.
 
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