So much has been said lately about the rise of materialism recently any search will give plenty of background information, there is far more there then I have any desire to remember. That being said for me this question boils down the seat of the consciousness, that spark that makes us, well us. The traditional western scientific view has been of consciousness arising with the matter, as the matter has recombined in new more complex structures, so to has the expression of consciousness. Relatively new research has led to questions on how valid a model this is.
I as anyone who has ever give thought toward the ideas have my view. I am quite uncertain we have our own consciousness at all, even though I see the perception that we do essential the experience we are sharing. I have come to call it the subjective collective/objective approximation. That through taking all the subjective perception of an event or idea you get a the trick of an objective idea, or event. This planet is conscious in and of itself, we are manifestations of this consciousness, each playing it's part in the feedback loop, a vast infinitely scaleable fractal information system. We are literally full fractal representations of the whole shaped by the very nature of space/time/energy.
This leads to a wonderful platform for experience, with the ability to experience discovery, and relative firsts infinitely. While it also opens it up to being hijacked so to speak. This is evident in ideas like manufactured consent, propaganda, advertising, and indoctrination. All these forms of mass mind manipulation have creative impact using the built in feedback loop. Setting up mutually reinforcing mental constructs that act almost like a virus, invading any healthy host simply through sympathetic resonance.
as always these are just my ponderings, use your own powers of perception.
Jack
aka
PanseyBard
I as anyone who has ever give thought toward the ideas have my view. I am quite uncertain we have our own consciousness at all, even though I see the perception that we do essential the experience we are sharing. I have come to call it the subjective collective/objective approximation. That through taking all the subjective perception of an event or idea you get a the trick of an objective idea, or event. This planet is conscious in and of itself, we are manifestations of this consciousness, each playing it's part in the feedback loop, a vast infinitely scaleable fractal information system. We are literally full fractal representations of the whole shaped by the very nature of space/time/energy.
This leads to a wonderful platform for experience, with the ability to experience discovery, and relative firsts infinitely. While it also opens it up to being hijacked so to speak. This is evident in ideas like manufactured consent, propaganda, advertising, and indoctrination. All these forms of mass mind manipulation have creative impact using the built in feedback loop. Setting up mutually reinforcing mental constructs that act almost like a virus, invading any healthy host simply through sympathetic resonance.
as always these are just my ponderings, use your own powers of perception.
Jack
aka
PanseyBard