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Christof Koch: I grew up Roman Catholic, and also grew up with a dog. And what bothered me was the idea that, while humans had souls and could go to heaven, dogs were not supposed to have souls. Intuitively I felt that either humans and animals alike had souls, or none did. Then I encountered Buddhism, with its emphasis on the universal nature of the conscious mind. You find this idea in philosophy, too, espoused by Plato and Spinoza and Schopenhauer, that psyche -- consciousness -- is everywhere. I find that to be the most satisfying explanation for the universe, for three reasons: biological, metaphysical and computational. Wired: What do you mean?
Posted on: Thu, 05 Dec 2013 05:31:38 +0000

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