I went through the whole indoctrinated-religious, "devout" atheist, "scientific" agnostic, and now I guess I'm a theist.
Why? Because I read a book on consciousness that came like a bolt out of the blue and I understood that we do not understand.
I don't buy this "emergent property of the mind" thing because while I understand evolutionary theory I am not sure how you bridge that gap to subjective experience.
I have absolutely no clue what this "god" is that I accepted, but I know I'm not going to be punished for leaving this comment.
EDIT: just read the comments. I've been to BNL and CERN.
Why? Because I read a book on consciousness that came like a bolt out of the blue and I understood that we do not understand.
I don't buy this "emergent property of the mind" thing because while I understand evolutionary theory I am not sure how you bridge that gap to subjective experience.
I have absolutely no clue what this "god" is that I accepted, but I know I'm not going to be punished for leaving this comment.
EDIT: just read the comments. I've been to BNL and CERN.