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To: Road Walker who wrote (906)3/25/2018 1:09:30 PM
From: Sun Tzu  Read Replies (1) of 935
 
For any theory to be scientifically viable, it has to be testable and refutable. The "weird" stuff in quantum mechanics actually predict behavior and scientist state how we could test for those behaviors. Sometimes it takes a long time to develop the technology that can test the scientific, as was the case for gravitational waves. But that does not change the fact that the theory was testable.

I love the idea of a conscious universe, but how would we test if the universe is conscious?

And while I am conscious, I have no reason to believe that the individual cells in my body are conscious, let alone the rocks and spoons. How does the author suggest we test if a spoon is conscious?

I am not hostile to these concepts, but a theory that is not testable is like a competitive sport that has no score. You can't really call it a "game;" it's more like a group activity say ... discussing modern art, than basketball.
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