Expecting physics to explain consciousness is like expecting lambda calculus to explain Microsoft Word. On one level, it does (you are a pattern in a simple lawful process that we call ‘reality’ or ‘physics’), on the other, it’s not supposed to. Jumping from apparent confusion to postulating new substances is a basic error.
Expecting physics to explain consciousness is like expecting lambda calculus to explain Microsoft Word. On one level, it does (you are a pattern in a simple lawful process that we call ‘reality’ or ‘physics’), on the other, it’s not supposed to. Jumping from apparent confusion to postulating new substances is a basic error.