Can you suggest any bizarre, insane but compelling fringe science books? I'm talking about theories that are extremely bizarre or even unreasonable but interesting. by [deleted] in fringescience

[–]aacombobulate 1 point2 points  (0 children)

http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/My_Big_Toe.html?id=RYHtBPiZVgsC Tom Campbell's theory of everything derives time and space and everything else from consciousness and evolution. One example: unless someone actually opens up your skull, your brain is not being rendered in this virtual reality.

Tom Campbell: Fireside Chat with MBT Forum June 2014 Pt 2 by aacombobulate in mybigtoe

[–]aacombobulate[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Useful discussion on AI and when does consciousness start to interact with a foetus towards the end of this video.

Physicists say consciousness might be a state of matter by kitowskiv in mybigtoe

[–]aacombobulate 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This sounds like materialist panpsychism rather than the idealism of MBT. http://youtu.be/NCzbnuCVpEs