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0 Post author: AlexLundborg 24 June 2015 12:37AM

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Comment author: IlyaShpitser 24 June 2015 04:31:55PM *  0 points [-]

It's a long stretch from Epicurean atoms to nuclear physics, too long for me to regard the former as an explanation of the latter.

Ok, but if you have a choice of theory while being an ancient Greek, the rightest you could have been was sticking with the atomic theory they had. Maybe you are an ancient Greek now.


Panpsychism offers a way forward in principle, by reverse-engineering self-report. Folks like Dennett aren't even addressing the problem.

Comment author: eternal_neophyte 24 June 2015 05:14:01PM 0 points [-]

Panpsychism offers a way forward in principle, by reverse-engineering self-report.

This is new to me, but googling "panpsychism reverse engineering", "panpsychism reverse-engineering self-report", "panpsychism self-report" doesn't bring anything that seems relevant. Has this been discussed anywhere?