A simplistic physical explanation for consciousness…
If particles have the peculiar property and ability of observation, then the brain as a collection of billions of particles all being directed into a single observation e.g. as with sight, would equal billions of observations as one.
At the same time there are many clusters of particles making different observations contained within that, one or some clusters maybe looking at the main group observing and hence are observing the observer ~ create the ability of self reference. Other clusters are observing symbols within that observation e.g. writing, yet more are observing holisms > objects within that observation set too.
My first contention concerns the big ‘if’; do particles observe or do they simply behave in a given manner with respect to one another is a situation?
What otherwise is the ability to observe contained in every particle in the universe?
If they do have this peculiar ‘ability’ does that mean the universe is conscious, or does it not observe itself? If so then would the universe observing itself be the objective to our subjective observation? I.e. the world ‘is’ out there!
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