Just as how the chairness of a chair has nothing to do with the specific particular materials that chair is made of, only general requirements for the materials.
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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But you haven't done that. You haven't started with things arising from the laws of physics and worked from there. You started with purpose and meaning and chairness and this drove you to look at physics, and you learned something *on top of* your existing knowledge and capacity
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