https://retrospring.net/@4001/a/107853
Try to find a good argument against panpsychism. Panpsychism is the view that all matter, even subatomic particles inherit some form of consciousness. ——— Okay I'll take the bait. For conciousness to arise, you need a certain threshold of varity, meaning a system has to have enough interaction between other systems or its parts for that matter, depends on where you draw the line. Subatomic particles alone, for example, are just powerful enough that they interact with other particles with a certain set of rules, thus cannot have meaningful insights into how it itself or other things work. Of course, nothing exists in a vacuum, a literal galaxy brain comprised of enough particles interacting with each other can, since enough interactions allow it to be more than the sum of its parts. Just saying some lazy ass statement about our own limited knowledge, i.e. "we cannot know what's beyond the quantum, so we cannot know if there's a tiny universe thinking for itself", comes across as very Jaden Smith like and kills the discussion. It's the literal "no u" that made Popper write a rant about falsification.