Originally posted by @apathist2nd greatest question?!
What is the scientific explanation for the existence of subjective experience?
There isn't one!
I think it may have jumped the queue a little.
Originally posted by @ghost-of-a-duke
2nd greatest question?!
I think it may have jumped the queue a little.
It does seem though that even the science-minded skeptics are afraid to admit out loud that science has no clue here!
Originally posted by @apathistIs there no explanation because subjective experience isn't testable?
What is the scientific explanation for the existence of subjective experience?
There isn't one!
Does that mean subjective experience doesn't exist?
What does it mean that there's no scientific explanation for subjective experience?
Originally posted by @ghost-of-a-dukeAlways? So it is not billions of years old, and this is science not just a musing about what might have been?
The universe has always existed, in one form or another. It is just our finite concept of time that is limited.
Originally posted by @ghost-of-a-dukeProve it. I can just as easily say the universe was created. The difference is my assertion is based on the authority of the creator while yours is merely an opinion.
The universe has always existed, in one form or another.
Originally posted by @josephwYour assertion about your supposed creator, and the supposed authority attendant thereto, is "merely an opinion" too.
Prove it. I can just as easily say the universe was created. The difference is my assertion is based on the authority of the creator while yours is merely an opinion.
Originally posted by @josephwPlease explain why my assertion that the universe is eternal is an opinion and your assertion that God is eternal is not?
Prove it. I can just as easily say the universe was created. The difference is my assertion is based on the authority of the creator while yours is merely an opinion.
Both assertions are as unproveable as each other, especially as I give no authority or credence to your 'uninspired' texts.