Is Consciousness Part of the Fabric of the Universe? - Scientific American

Physicists and philosophers recently met to debate a theory of consciousness called panpsychism

September 25, 2023 8 min read Add Us On Google Add SciAm Is Consciousness Part of the Fabric of the Universe? A theory called panpsychism proposes that consciousness is a fundamental aspect of reality By Dan Falk edited by Clara Moskowitz Fanatic Studio/Gary Waters/Getty Images More than 400 years ago Galileo showed that many everyday phenomena-such as a ball rolling down an incline or a chandelier gently swinging from a church ceiling-obey precise mathematical laws. For this insight, he is often hailed as the founder of modern science. But Galileo recognized that not everything was amenable t

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