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Subject Paradox found: a fully supernatural phenomenon even atheists and skeptics believe exists even though there is zero objective evidence

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[b]Supernatural:(of a manifestation or event) attributed to some force beyond scientific understanding or the laws of nature.[/b]

Consciousness is the ultmate paradox. It is our most intimate experience, yet its existence is a complete mystery and the very definition of supernatural.

Nothing in the laws of physics, chemistry, or biology suggests that it should be there. Although there have been enormous strides in understanding the neurological correlates of consciousness, the various functions in the brain that facilitate it, science still cannot explain in the least what it's doing there in the first place. Although there is no way whatsoever to objectively prove that it exists, even atheists and the most diehard skeptics readily accept its existence.

I find it fascinating that the thing we are most intimately familiar with is also the most mind-blowing. Paradox found.
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That's why I believe consciousness is the basis of reality(not the concept known as god).

Consciousness is the driving force behind our reality(including evolution).

It's why things seem imperfect since there is no 'omnipotent creator' god. It bypasses the entire argument of creationist vs evolutionist.

Its not paradoxical for an 'Athiest' to know consciousness.

The only paradox is found in the question 'Where did everything or anything at all come from?'(including a god, if that's what you believe).
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I am with you about it having primacy as opposed to being an emergent property. I believe it's woven into the fabric of creation, not a product of it.

I didn't say it was paradoxical for an atheist to know consciousness. The paradox is that it is accepted fully based upon subjective experience alone, something that goes against the usual call for something having objective evidence in order to be real. It's also a paradox that the most intimate experience we have is also the most mysterious.
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Original Message Supernatural:(of a manifestation or event) attributed to some force beyond scientific understanding or the laws of nature.

Consciousness is the ultmate paradox. It is our most intimate experience, yet its existence is a complete mystery and the very definition of supernatural.

Nothing in the laws of physics, chemistry, or biology suggests that it should be there. Although there have been enormous strides in understanding the neurological correlates of consciousness, the various functions in the brain that facilitate it, science still cannot explain in the least what it's doing there in the first place. Although there is no way whatsoever to objectively prove that it exists, even atheists and the most diehard skeptics readily accept its existence.

I find it fascinating that the thing we are most intimately familiar with is also the most mind-blowing. Paradox found.

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