--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rory Goff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > <snip> > > > I don't have any particular affection for > > > Schroedinger's cat. I'd be delighted if someone > > > could show it was a fallacy. I'd be thrilled if > > > celestial bodies could be shown to have > > > consciousness. I had a revelatory experience once > > > of becoming aware of the sun as a conscious being. > > > > Nice. What sort of Personality did it show you? > > I didn't get any sense of a *personal* > consciousness, i.e., like that of a person. > "Action" for the sun is basically nuclear > processes on a gigantic scale and the consequent > release of huge amounts of energy; that's what > the sun "does," ceaselessly, and whatever > sentience it has is fully occupied keeping that > massive furnace going. > > So it isn't a very *interesting* type of > consciousness, with human-type quirks and > idiosyncrasies, just overwhelmingly awesome to > sense that all that incredibly fierce power is > animate. > > And if the sun is conscious, it means the rest > of the stars--some of which make the sun look > like a kid's night light by comparison--and black > holes and quasars and God knows what other > monstrously powerful entities inhabit the universe > are conscious beings as well. > > And then you start to wonder what *galaxies* are...
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