«What this offers us is a beautifully simple, elegant way of integrating consciousness into our scientific worldview…»
The only reason humans know about the existence of consciousness — the phenomenon of having subjective feelings and experiences — is because we have feelings and experiences.
But despite centuries of study, scientists have yet to make any major progress in understanding consciousness.
A recently published book by philosopher Philip Goff, however, takes a deep dive into a millennia-old theory that could help explain consciousness — by attributing it to all forms of matter, all the way down to electrons and quarks.
The theory is called panpsychism, and Scientific American recently published a provocative interview with Goff to explore his book’s key claims.
“The basic commitment is that the fundamental constituents of reality — perhaps electrons and quarks — have incredibly simple forms of experience,” Goff told the magazine.
Link https://futurism.com/professor-claims-electrons-quarks-experience-consciousness