Just a bunch of chemicals with the illusion of life

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From: Jeff Baldwin
Date: Sat, 14 Dec 1996 00:00

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Given: Life/conciousness/mind is nothing more than chemical reactions.
Then:
1) Why/how did/does subjective perception "come to be"?
2) If mind and all its attributes are mere checmical reactions with
deterministic, material (and therefore objective) origin, then why
does subjective perception at times differ (and markedly so) from
objective reality?
3) Why does "the subjective" (in humans only?) strive to "objectify"
itself?
Jeffrey L. Baldwin
Mind & Vision Computer Systems
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From: mvcs@gramercy.ios.com (Jeff Baldwin)
Subject: Just a bunch of chemicals with the illusion of life
Date: 1996/12/14
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