Cosmologic philosophy: Howard A. Smith again (Introduction)

by dhw, Thursday, December 15, 2016, 16:38 (2900 days ago) @ David Turell

DAVID: The quantum mechanical pioneer, John Wheeler, is one of several thinkers who have proposed that the unusual nature of the universe suggests it had to evolve conscious beings in order to become real."

dhw: Many thanks for explaining the thinking. As with the article under Time’s Arrow, I’m afraid I remain horribly conventional. For me, the very idea that the universe might not exist without human consciousness is anthropocentrism gone crazy

DAVID: It has to do with his 'delayed choice' experiment. What the observer does at the end changes the results in the beginning. It is proven!

dhw: It is also proven (as far as anything CAN be proven) that the sun and Planet Earth existed in reality before conscious beings evolved. If they hadn’t been real, conscious beings could not have evolved.

DAVID: From my viewpoint. God existed with His consciousness.

Then let me change the example. Do you believe that the sun and Planet Earth may not have existed in reality before there was conscious life on Earth?