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Comment by angoragoats

2 months ago

So do you agree with me that the statement "consciousness transcends evolutionary necessity" is not necessarily correct?

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coffeecantcode  2 months ago

From that point yeah, “transcends evolutionary necessity” like you said, is a positive claim.

More accurate to my intent would be “consciousness is untethered by evolutionary necessity” maybe?

  • angoragoats  2 months ago

    This is just changing your phrasing to say the same thing. It's still a claim unsupported by evidence.

    My contention is that the absolute most we can say about the topic of the evolution of consciousness is "we don't yet know how or why consciousness evolved."

    • coffeecantcode  2 months ago

      And we’re not in disagreement there, my grounds for originally giving the example was only in the fact that consciousness is a prerequisite for spirituality to occur. I was really only saying that it is unique to humans and allows for abstract thought on the human condition.

      I respect your contention but I think we’re going in circles over semantics now.

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