Originally posted: 02/21/2022
To be continued… maybe (let’s be honest)
Transcription:
Hey, how's it going?
Hey, something's come up. I need to know. Is the universe conscious?
Aren't you at work?
Never mind that now. Is the universe conscious?
Of course. If there's such a thing as consciousness, the universe has it.
I know there are things in it that are conscious, but is it conscious itself?
Let me ask you this. Are you conscious?
For now.
Is your hand? Are your knees? They're a part of you. Are they conscious?
Not on their own, no. They're a part of me. I consciously operate them.
Do you, though?
Yeah.
Is your heart a part of you?
Yeah.
Would you say you operate that?
No, I guess I don't.
Is it conscious?
I suppose not.
Exactly. You have no problem considering you to be conscious, despite being comprised of billions of elements that are not individually conscious, and you're not even conscious of, let alone controlling.
Okay.
So why wouldn't it be the same for the universe at large? How could it not be? This isn't some grand or mystical claim. Some people take it there, but it doesn't have to be. It's just a basic observation. Oh, just a sec. Sorry. I thought I had another call coming in.
Who'd you think it was? The universe?
I guess if it had been anybody, it would've been the universe.
Shit. I got to go.
#universe #consciousness #absurd #absurdism #philosophy #silly
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