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And I'm not sure that 99.999999999% of the universe cares a damn about whatever you think consciousness might be.
Like other mammals, homo sapiens is regarded by viruses, fungi and bacteria as nothing more than a vehicle and source of food.
Most conscious entities care about their own survival,
Quote from: hamdani yusuf on 03/12/2022 10:25:22Most conscious entities care about their own survival,But as far as we know, conscious entities comprise less than 0.00000000001% of the mass of the universe, if that.
You can estimate the mass of known conscious entities - it's not more than the total biomass of this planet, about 6 x 1011 tonnes.You can also estimate the mass of the observable universe, about 1057 tonnes.
1. Yes2. Noas long as 1057 >> 1011 I think we can safely ignore consciousness as a significant element of the observable universe.
But their existence depends on our actions!
Mathematics. The development or extinction of consciousness (whatever that is) may matter to you, but not to the Crab Nebula. Most of the universe got on pretty well without it for 10 billion years, and is utterly unaware of it even now.One of the first lessons you learn in science is that nature is wholly indifferent to what you, Pol Pot, or Mother Teresa thinks.
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=7L9aNBxPk-ohere it is.Defining consciousness as the core concept in the universal terminal goal using only the requirements from the phrase and some basic knowledge of computational process.
What makes you think that hair and bones are part of consciousness while supercomputers and smart phones are not?
Quote from: hamdani yusuf on 07/12/2022 10:33:35What makes you think that hair and bones are part of consciousness while supercomputers and smart phones are not?I make a point of never using words I don't understand. I have no idea what you mean by consciousness, which is why I said "whatever that is". If you want to make it "the essence of everything", by all means go ahead, but don't expect me to follow you down the path to insanity. All I have done is to estimate the mass of living things,on the presumption that these are the things that care about their own existence, and point out that the constitute a negligible and transient fraction of the observable universe.
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