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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How does the fact that point of observation affects the outcome of the experiment fit into this? If there is no consciousness, why does it matter where you observe, as in the case of varying outcomes of the double slit experiment?

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

The "observer" doesn't have to even be conscious.

I don't believe in determinism or free will, though. The universe is full of random bullshit and nothing matters ๐Ÿ‘

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Aren't most philosophers unanimous on this? That the concept of free will can only exist in a world with beings that can act outside the natural world (i.e. god).

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Bruh you really gonna use "most" and "unanimous" side-by-side like that?

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Lmao good point. Should have said "most philosophers agree'

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Consciousness is a side effect of the structures physics has created in our brains. We have consciousness because of the atoms in our brain that interact with each other in different ways.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That doesn't sound like someone who believes nothing matters. This would sound more like it:
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