According to Wikipedia, the first photosynthetic organisms changed the Earth forever when they began to oxygenate the atmosphere about 2,400 million years ago. The new atmosphere allowed the evolution of complex life, and what we now call the biosphere. Complex organisms have been reacting to qualia for a long, longContinue Reading
Atoms and rocks do have a kind of consciousness, but it is hardly the same as plant consciousness, and it is magnitudes apart from human consciousness. The human brain has the ability to reflect on the qualia that comes to it from our senses, and respond thoughtfully, while animal nervousContinue Reading
I believe in Spinoza’s God who reveals Himself in the orderly harmony of what exists, not in a God who concerns himself with fates and actions of human beings — Albert Einstein (1879-1955) What purpose have we? Survival is a matter of qualiadelic relationships, some inherited and some chosen. IfContinue Reading