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If Materialism Is True, the United States Is Probably Conscious (ucr.edu)
2 points by birriel on Dec 30, 2023 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


Radical materialism is the idea that consciousness is "an intrinsic property of matter" in the same way that mass is. This means that blankets, bananas, and bearclaws each have consciousness.

Because if the belief that there are conscious and unconscious forms of matter is just dualism with lipstick.

YMMV.




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