Vladimir_Nesov comments on There just has to be something more, you know? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 24 March 2010 03:58:45PM 9 points [-]

Expecting physics to explain consciousness is like expecting lambda calculus to explain Microsoft Word. On one level, it does (you are a pattern in a simple lawful process that we call 'reality' or 'physics'), on the other, it's not supposed to. Jumping from apparent confusion to postulating new substances is a basic error.