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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tiger" data-source="post: 133883" data-attributes="member: 353">In answer to the question about consciousness you wrote:Because asking why brain chemistry can’t be the origin of consciousness is like asking why a piano can’t be the origin of the symphony. Brain chemistry might be the medium through which consciousness operates, but it does not account for the origin, nature, or self-awareness of the conscious experience itself.Electrochemical reactions can explain patterns of activity — they cannot explain subjective experience, intentionality, or qualia (like the "redness" of red or the taste of salt). These aren’t just functions — they are phenomena.If consciousness is just brain chemistry, then truth, beauty, love, and reason are nothing more than chemical illusions. But if you believe your thoughts are more than biochemical noise — if they carry actual meaning — then you’ve already assumed a reality beyond chemistry.So let me return the question:Why would you think a system of blind atoms accidentally gives rise to a self-aware mind that can ask about its own origin?</blockquote>

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