Sam Altman, the famous venture capitalist, says we have stumbled on a new fact of nature: that intelligence is an emergent property of matter.
https://twitter.com/tsarnick/status/1789115194939265173
This is a silly materialistic explanation for consciousness. Reasoning, language, self-awareness do not spring from matter. Matter itself is and will always be inert without an animating will and soul.
This is literally the idea behind Panpsychism. I wouldnt call the idea new. But it is the basis behind "we are the universe experiencing itself".
https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/universe-conscious-ncna772956
Many cultures believe in this, but they call it animism instead.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animism
As above, so below? Literally?
Thank you for showing us this. I've learned quite a lot in this thread.