twyvel wrote:Quote:"But we know, even as we cannot prove it, that there is reality out there."
BS.
Hi Twyv,
The fact that reality exists is an assumption I choose to make.
I understand that everything could be a dream or a delusion, but I don't prefer to waste my time diddling around with that possibility. It leads nowhere.
Quote: The basic question I'm asking is how to quantify that non-material essence which inhabits the Universe that leads to many things (life and awareness to name just a few).
twyvel wrote:Your underlying assumption that life and awareness are emergent properties of a Universe + a non-material essence, is not something that should be assumed as having universal acceptance, which you appear to be doing.
As noted above, it's an assumption. I'm going with it.
twyvel wrote:Does pattern suggest intelligent design?
No. I'm not leading to an argument for intelligent design, partly because I'm not able to define intelligent in such a context.
I simply find it interesting that there exists an aspect of the Universe (pattern or information), which has no mass or energy, and yet affects things in nature (whether we are here to observe it or not). And I wanted to explore that idea.