I don't think consciousness is emergent, to me that means mechanical aggregate properties do not add up to a subjective experience.
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The waveform has a holistic representation of the particle-environment system. There's subject-object(ish*) relation (*the system is NOT divisible) with the particle-wave containing the whole information about the system, but still being a particle distinct from surroundings.
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placeholder for clearer wakeful thought, might delete later, don't comment or like this one Which leads me to having no other ways of saying a particle has an internal experience, how else can it self interact? A particle has knowing-acting-awareness of itself and surroundings.
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It does seem like physics misses the point. If there's no room for conscious action (which does appear to be obviously real), physics can't possibly be complete (i.e. is it possible to change the stars?). Related: Have you read "I Am A Strange Loop"?
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I read GEB as a child. (What a god send! Which reminds me to keep a copy lying around for young people in my future.)
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