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RE: Life into Perspective: A thought
I think it's more than "just neurons firing". I mean, what are neurons? OK, they're cells, made of biomolecules, which are made of atoms. But what are atoms? What is any matter? There's a theory that matter only exists because consciousness exists to perceive it. So maybe consciousness is the fundamental thing in the universe. If you assume that to be the case, your perspective can change quite a lot.
Well I partially I agree with your analysis. I prefer to take the matter more objectively. Extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence. So far, the evidence we have is that we are a result of various supernovas and particles scattered across the universe. Our "consiousness" is merely a mechanism for understand vaguely what goes on around us. its not something special. We perceive it as special because we like to think ourselves as special.