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Originally Posted by wolfgaze
Hahah I hear ya... Try starting from the opposite end of the spectrum... How could biological cells/matter be responsible for creating consciousness (self-awareness) when analysis of those individual parts (components) does not demonstrate that they exhibit the same qualities as the whole package... In other words we can't prove nor do we claim that neurons in the brain possess consciousness or self-awareness, yet the materialist perspective says that some combination or configuration of these unconscious parts/components is supposed to be responsible for creating the phenomenon of consciousness (self-awareness)? They (materialists or reductionists) can't explain it any better than someone can explain how consciousness exists independent of the physical body.
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I knew youd swoop in to offer hope, I totally get you WG but I also think of all the billions who have already gone and yet none have returned to offer real concrete evidence. Surely there should be something more tangible?