05-08-2019, 05:32 PM
(05-08-2019, 04:53 PM)Lucidus Wrote: There has actually been some very interesting writing and ideas concerning that topic over the years. While I don't subscribe to that particular theory, and certainly don't find any reason to believe the universe is "aware" -- I'm also not opposed to referring to the universe as a "creator" in the most pragmatic and non-sentient sense.
Then it just becomes a more philosophical debate about what is awareness or sentience. They are both terms that were created by humans to define concepts on a human's level of understanding. What is awareness to a dog? A chimp? What is time to a mayfly? A pinus longaeva*? You'll say you "don't find any reason to believe the universe is 'aware'" and one could simply say that the universe operates on a different level of awareness or sentience than you (or any human) could ever understand.
*I expect great things from this board about that name