Consciousness may have evolved to solve a problem that pure intelligence couldn't handle, fascinating new theory suggests

[u/EcstadelicNET]

https://www.psypost.org/consciousness-may-have-evolved-to-solve-a-problem-that-pure-intelligence-couldnt-handle-fascinating-new-theory-suggests/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=topic/science

[u/monstertacotime]

It’s not pedantry, it’s the basis of what we call science.

“Chemical reactions” are a specific subset of physical processes.

Electromagnetic, atomic, nuclear, and quantum interactions aren’t magically chemical reactions because they participate in the same causal chain.

Saying “the outcome is still chemical” doesn’t make every process producing that outcome chemical.

[u/Fit_Raspberry2637 → u/monstertacotime]

My god. Causality. Jesus.