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Consciousness came before life
Consciousness came before life

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Most scientists believe that consciousness came after life, as a product of evolution. But observations of extraterrestrial organic material, along with Roger Penrose and Stuart Hameroff’s quantum theory of consciousness, provide reason to believe that consciousness came before life. In . . .

Most scientists believe that consciousness came after life, as a product of evolution. But observations of extraterrestrial organic material, along with Roger Penrose and Stuart Hameroff’s quantum theory of consciousness, provide reason to believe that consciousness came before life. In fact, argue Hameroff and his collaborators, consciousness may have been what made evolution and life possible in the first place.You can see Stuart Hameroff live, debating in ‘Darwin vs Consciousness’ alongside biologist Denis Noble and philosopher Antonella Tramacere at the upcoming HowTheLightGetsIn Festival on May 24th-27th in Hay-on-Wye.This article is presented in association with Closer To Truth, an esteemed partner for the 2024 …

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