You made a good case for the importance of consciousness for science. Without experiencing the universe through what we call consciousness, there would be no need for describing it by means of physics. However, that does not mean that we understand what consciousness is any more than we understand what mass or energy are.

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Thomas Baumgartner
Thomas Baumgartner

Written by Thomas Baumgartner

Physicist (PhD), engineer, software developer, data manager / analysist, photographer, musician, and (as of late) writer. Lives in Vienna, Austria.

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