Interesting SinJin. So on the one hand, entropy is supposedly always on the rise, with disorder increasing. Yet on the other hand, life is programmed to evolve more complex and thus organize matter into more complex states. This goes along with my theory that life is defined, scientifically, as being the fundamental force which negates the progression of entropy. This force is the origin of consciousness.
Masa, this is getting into your question about whether the universe is conscious. I think so. I have previously defined consciousness as being what any system of self-actuating communication gives rise to. Thus neurons are a system of (self-actuating) communication in our brains, and this system allows us to be conscious. Similarly, when humans communicate with eachother (like on this site) they are integrating their consciousnesses (plural) into a system in order to create a new, higher level of consciousness. So as systems of communication give rise to more systems of comm. the universe becomes more and more fully conscious of itself. In other words, if we were to be communicating with aliens by now, it would mean that the universal consciousness was more developed. Of course, we are only like one neuron in the consciousness of the universe, so we never actually sense the consciousness of the universe, but rest assured the universe itself senses it, and in a way influences our decisions. Conversely, our decisions factor in to what the universal consciousness is "thinking."
good thoughts all around ppl
communication is the basis of consciousness; second, this communication manifests and is integrated at multiple levels (communication of neurons, communication of brains, etc.);
for more info on consciousness see this thread
http://www.toequest.com/forum/neuroscience/288-how-maximize-the-number-neuron-connection.html
and how it relates to intelligence, see this thread
http://www.toequest.com/forum/showth...6&page=4&pp=10
ps. SinJin, I have the answer to your blank, but I'm holding off for the moment, that is my TOE which I've been reluctant to disclose
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Originally Posted by SinJin Here's what I think of life - after the big bang and particles came about, they began to form matter by way of the four fundemental forces (and probably other things.) Matter became more complex, and led to life and intelligence. Life and intelligence led to technology. So basically, from the big bang onward the particles of the universe go through an evolution, starting off as just individual particles, and eventually after forming mattter and life, come to a stage were they no longer have to rely on the forces of nature and can now reassemble themselves. But to do what? Why would all the particles of the universe try to reach a point where they could reassemble themselves? That's basically the same as asking what the purpose of life is. I would say one of the main purposes of life seems to be to survive and reproduce. So perhaps you could say the particles of the universe want to survive in their form/state. They clump together to form matter, then clump together to form intelligence, so that they can rearrange themselves at a better rate to ensure their survival. Or perhaps there is some other reason they reach a state where they can rearrange themselves, other than survival.
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