Panpsychism Makes a Comeback (General)

by David Turell , Saturday, January 24, 2015, 18:28 (3589 days ago) @ dhw


> dhw: I don't recall ever disputing the need for organized information. Our great conundrum is how the organization and interconnection began. You say it had no beginning - somehow it was always there in the form of an eternal mind. I offer the alternative that somehow it evolved through interaction between matter and energy.-Planning information for specified complexity requires mentation. How do matter and energy do this without an organized mind?
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> dhw: Jeffry Stock (a microbiologist) suggests that bacteria are possessed of what he calls a nanobrain. (Again see the discussion I've quoted under “Intelligent Bacteria?”.) You are of course talking of human and animal consciousness, but perhaps here we have a genuine case for saying that bacterial consciousness is different “in kind” from our own and that of our fellow animals.-Where do I find Stock? Searched without luck.