Plasma Cosmology as the fourth form of matter (Introduction)

by David Turell , Saturday, July 06, 2019, 15:55 (1945 days ago) @ dhw

DAVID: All guesses as to the actual form of God's mind is pure speculation. Theologians posit god is simple. I believe, since the basis of the universe is quantum mechanics God is in some form of quantum activity. Few thinkers think much of panpsychism as I have previously presented.

dhw: This is no answer to the point I have raised above. If you think a particular form of gas might be conscious, then maybe other forms of gas and matter might be conscious too. All guesses are pure speculation. That includes the very existence of a God, let alone what “form” or nature he might have.

DAVID: The point you keep missing is plasma is a different form of matter and suggests a special place in the scheme of things. Thus God might be there

dhw: The point you keep missing is that if your God really is made of plasma, plasma must be conscious/aware. All different forms of matter are different forms of matter, and if one form of matter might be conscious/aware, then maybe different forms of matter might also be conscious/aware (tying in with panpsychism).

It all comes down to whether God has substance at all. I think He is quantum energy since the basis of reality is quantum mechanics. As for panpsychism, I view it as a far out substitute for our reality actually being within God's consciousness