The article linked above is fascinating, even though it does not go far enough.
Here is a brief cut and paste
(1) How does inanimate matter come to breathe, thrive and reproduce?
(2) Explaining this magic means overhauling nature’s laws,
says physicist Paul Davies
While the author (Paul Davies) cleaves to the materialist perspective, he unconsciously opens the door to a spiritual one.
The first question (1) should also ask, how does inanimate matter become conscious?
(It does not, but rather, becomes a vehicle for it, but he does seem to be a physicalist.)
The second comment (2) has to do with reexamining what we know of natural law,
or in my view, the physicalist paradigm which underlies that understanding / explanation.
There should be a third comment to tie it all together, that of volition (free will).
These three (life, consciousness, volition) are inseparably inter-related.
Sci Patel and Scott Roberts comments in a thread about this at
are also very perceptive and applicable.
| Sci Patel |
Scott Roberts wrote: It isn't information without that which is informed.
IMO life is not a chemical reaction, but rather, the underlying motive force which guides that reaction.
Consciousness must be conscious of something other than itself. It is not an emergent property of physics, but an underlying foundation of it.
Free will allows us (requires us) to be active participants in our own lives, not passive witnesses,
which in turn makes us morally accountable, which in further turn, assumes an objective standard of
morality which does not depend on our opinions.
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