→"Are we Conscious Entities?"←
[1] Knowing, according the science of
human thermodynamics, that the following expression is the typical molecular formula for one human being:
CE28HE28NE27OE27PE25SE25CaE25KE24ClE24NaE24MgE24SeE24FeE23CoE23
CuE23FE23IE23ZnE22SiE22MnE20BE20CrE20VE20SnE19MoE18NiE16
[2] Knowing, according the science of
chemistry, that the following expression is the typical molecular formula for one unit of water:
H2O
Then, which case are we to argue?
(a) Both molecules are conscious
(b) The first molecule is conscious
(c) The latter molecule is conscious
(d) Neither molecules are conscious
Although the answer is clearly obvious, it is strange that only a rare few gleam this discernment. In the words of Sextus Empiricus [c. 100-200],
"one cannot assert any proposition with any better justification than one can assert its contradictory." Or, as stated by the English philosopher John Locke [1632-1708]
"consciousness is the perception of what passes in man's own mind". Hence, as the mind is a molecular structure, being predominately hydrocarbons in compositional weight, we may reason that consciousness is
"the perception of what passes energetically through those structures that form the central processing unit [CPU] of any bound state molecule, human or otherwise." Just some quick thoughts for journey in your molecular mind!
Later,
Libb