[MD] Royce's Absolute, conclusion

[John Carl]

Interesting yes,

tho I don't like the TV analogy, but then I never do...



"The French philosopher Henri-Louis Bergson was also drawn to the
> idea that consciousness is all around us. For him, it was a force that
> applies intelligence to evolution. In a similar vein, controversial
> biologist-writer Rupert Sheldrake has argued that consciousness exists
> in the form of a field spread throughout space. Individual minds, he
> suggests, can tune in to this field and so "resonate" with one another.
>
> "Sheldrake likens the human brain to a TV set. An extraterrestrial who
> had never seen television before could drive itself slowly mad trying to
> figure out where the picture on the screen came from solely in terms of
> the set´s hardware. We, who know how the trick is done, recognize that
> the TV simply picks up and selects from the complete range of
> broadcast signals. And we know, too, that even if the set is turned off or
> destroyed, the signals carry on."
>
> Interesting? I think so.
>
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