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Is Consciousness Part of the Fabric of the Universe? (www.scientificamerican.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (4 children)

As I see it, people keep developing mental constructs to make the experience of their own existence feel more meaningful, more important and potencially eternal, because the thought of insignificance and eventual death is just too scary.

[–] agamemnonymous 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For me, this is less an emotional support philosophy, and more an earnest curiosity about the nature of consciousness and reality.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

For all the words we can use on it, it's lost on people who never had thoughts and experiences that prompted them to be curious about the nature of consciousness and reality.

It's like discussing the ~~bitterness~~ sourness of a lemon with someone who never tried one.

[–] can 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But on the other hand: have you tried psychedelics?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

It amazes me how many people will take the specialness of their experience as a given, even when thinking about the big picture is literally their job.