Philosophical Speculations

Yes, see also the situation of hydraencephalitic children (hydra, not hydro) who persuasively exhibit emotion but were born with no cortex.

Thanks. Part of my point is that if you don’t require metaC to observe, then the phenomC of M@L is always observing everything everywhere, so everything is “already” “always” collapsed. It’s tough to see how the recent (and not just earth based) evolution of metaC could post date this quantum behavi...

Is not M@L phenomenally consciousness and (the only) fundamental? If so, then time and space are not fundamental, let alone matter. Would M@L then not be a ubiquitous observer, collapsing all quantum indeterminacies? If not, then what is the difference in experience exciting a meta consciousness tha...