{"id":14414,"date":"2018-02-16T09:14:34","date_gmt":"2018-02-16T16:14:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politicalhat.com\/?p=14414"},"modified":"2018-02-16T09:14:34","modified_gmt":"2018-02-16T16:14:34","slug":"the-new-animism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2018\/02\/16\/the-new-animism\/","title":{"rendered":"The New Animism"},"content":{"rendered":"

     In denying the spiritual in a knee-jerk fashion, modern philosophers and misunderstanding scientists have had to tackle with the entire concept of consciousness.<\/p>\n

Their solution?<\/p>\n

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     Panpsychism<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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“Consciousness is a fundamental feature of physical matter; every single particle in existence has an ‘unimaginably simple’ form of consciousness, says Goff. These particles then come together to form more complex forms of consciousness, such as humans\u2019 subjective experiences. This isn\u2019t meant to imply that particles have a coherent worldview or actively think, merely that there\u2019s some inherent subjective experience of consciousness in even the tiniest particle.<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

“This sounds like easily-dismissible bunkum, but as traditional attempts to explain consciousness continue to fail, the ‘panpsychist’ view is increasingly being taken seriously by credible philosophers, neuroscientists, and physicists, including figures such as neuroscientist Christof Koch and physicist Roger Penrose.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

     This is neither neuroscience nor physics. This is a modern day version of animism, with explanations more akin to something out of a Hawkwind song!<\/p>\n