A mind that lives on the substrate of organic molecules can be the same mind as one that lives on a substrate of silicon or a mind that lives in a universe with different physics. The atoms are not an essential property of the mind.
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My point is, if I start from my fundamental premise that everything arises from the laws of physics, I end up with a world full of people who see meaning, purpose, chairness, etc. I don't need to add anything extra on top of physics to get these.
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I believe that purpose, meaning, chairness, and all those things exist in your head. I am not saying they aren't *real*, any more than computer programs aren't *real*. Just because they exist in your head doesn't mean they aren't important.
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I can make objective claims about reality such as "this chair exists". No, an alien would not perceive a chair there. There is no existing chair there, but only undifferentiated matter, the chair is just interpretation in your mind.
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In fact saying that there is undifferentiated matter is also incorrect because it relies on our idea of matter and this perceptual idea of something being undifferentiated. There is then no true statement you can make about the universe, it's all interpretation
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