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To: E. Pluribus Unum

That latter notion is endemic of some eliminativists, who are of the materialist school. One of them, Frank Jackson of Australian National University, believes that consciousness technically does not “exist” except as an “epiphenomenon” of brain functions.


132 posted on 05/04/2014 4:57:23 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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I think consciousness is a quantum mechanical phenomenon.

We barely understand any quantum physics. We just use it.

133 posted on 05/04/2014 5:02:17 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government." --Tacitus)
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