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hello again Allen,

You can call me Tim.

I don't believe in any of the forces of modern science. I believe they are misconceptions of the only true interaction, motion. Thus, rocks move with the flow of the rest of the universe, as do we.

Any plausible definition of an entity as mysterious and fundamental as consciousness, can only be given relative to a universal framework. Thus, any answer I submit will be due to how I view it within my own system of universal fundamentals that I believe creates our percieved world.

To me, unless we can explain all things, we can explain nothing, because everything is related. I think I'll add that to my signature.

My opinions on life/consciousness are still in development as I have applied much more time to the more obvious fundamental physical entities that build our world, and the interactions they use to build it. It is only recently that my framework has reached a point to allow me to even consider the essence of life/consciousness, and I haven't refined my views on them to a point that I am satisfied. I will try to do this, however, so that I may respond to any exchange of ideas you may be interested in having.

I do believe that life is a fundamental of existence, and though it appears to be a universally local phenomenon, the furthest voids of space are governed by the same universal laws that allow for it to thrive here on Earth.

Galaxies, stars, and planets all appear as they do, and exist for a reason, as does life, and the reason is the same for all of them. Whomever truly finds that reason will have truly found a real "Theory of Everything", because only in the greatest story ever told will all these seemingly different entities be found relative.