Steve
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It's called the hard problem of consciousness and philosophy and it's never been resolved. But it's an artificial problem. The problem only exists if you take a materialist perspective and say that the foundation of all that is real are atoms and molecules and protons and electrons bouncing around each other like inert billiard balls.
You could also take the perspective that other philosophers have taken called idealism, that actually reality is based on consciousness rather than matter.
You could also take the perspective that other philosophers have taken called idealism, that actually reality is based on consciousness rather than matter.
You could also take the perspective that other philosophers have taken called idealism, that actually reality is based on consciousness rather than matter.
Well, in some ways, people think of him as a materialist. You could almost say that the satellites that we have, all the electronic communication, the Internet, is part of the newest sphere.
Well, in some ways, people think of him as a materialist. You could almost say that the satellites that we have, all the electronic communication, the Internet, is part of the newest sphere.
Well, in some ways, people think of him as a materialist. You could almost say that the satellites that we have, all the electronic communication, the Internet, is part of the newest sphere.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
There was a researcher named Rupert Sheldrake who developed that idea. He called it the morphogenetic field that connects all conscious beings. And a biologist named Lyle Watson wrote a book called The Hundredth Monkey, which they talked about the monkeys on some Pacific islands learned how to take rocks and crack open coconuts. And as soon as they discovered that this could be done,
There was a researcher named Rupert Sheldrake who developed that idea. He called it the morphogenetic field that connects all conscious beings. And a biologist named Lyle Watson wrote a book called The Hundredth Monkey, which they talked about the monkeys on some Pacific islands learned how to take rocks and crack open coconuts. And as soon as they discovered that this could be done,
There was a researcher named Rupert Sheldrake who developed that idea. He called it the morphogenetic field that connects all conscious beings. And a biologist named Lyle Watson wrote a book called The Hundredth Monkey, which they talked about the monkeys on some Pacific islands learned how to take rocks and crack open coconuts. And as soon as they discovered that this could be done,
Another island with similar monkeys, 100 miles away, began doing it.
Another island with similar monkeys, 100 miles away, began doing it.
Another island with similar monkeys, 100 miles away, began doing it.
As if the skill somehow was communicated telepathically.
As if the skill somehow was communicated telepathically.
As if the skill somehow was communicated telepathically.
That's right. Well, you can, if you think about it, and I'll give Jack Sarfati some credit for thinking about quantum entanglement as a way. Because quantum entanglement does suggest that everything is interconnected. We're not separate from the most distant galaxies. Right.