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Philosophy

Consciousness as a Universal Law: What Makes Something Conscious?

Gravity arises due to mass and so it may be with consciousness

First of all, I would like to thank Britni Pepper for introducing me to this wonderful idea:

A good question, but it has been answered already.

It’s a really simple idea actually, or at least its basis:

Just like gravity arises due to mass, consciousness arises due to X.

Now, what would “X” be?

I mean, obviously matter and energy, but how should they intertwine with each other in such a way that consciousness arises i.e. what would the minimum requirement be for consciousness?

I am currently reading the book:

Consciousness and the Brain