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		TheOtherHobbes on May 18, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Electrons May Well Be Conscious The alternative is that current metaphors are wrong and new metaphors are needed.

SideburnsOfDoom on May 18, 2020 [–]

Will those new metaphors be "some mechanistic way" or not?

Proposing new mechanisms is all fine and well, But mixing in mysticism, and you lose respect from all of science.

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