Theoretical origin of life; making catalysts (Introduction)

by dhw, Tuesday, June 23, 2015, 13:16 (3223 days ago) @ David Turell

dhw: If you can believe in a non-invented form of consciousness (1), you can believe that consciousness evolved naturally without deliberate invention (2 or 3), which also fits everything we know about our reality, and does not require any other form of reality. Alternatively, like me, you can opt not to believe in any of these hypotheses.-DAVID: Please do not tell me what I can believe. In my view parts of our reality require invention.-My apologies - that was badly phrased. My point, of course, was that one belief is as unlikely as the other, so the same act of irrational faith is required for each of the hypotheses. It was not meant personally. I agree that parts of our reality require invention. The issue is whether that invention stems from the reality we think we know (and may be able to investigate), or from a totally different form of reality, for the existence of which there is no direct evidence.