Is consciousness a state of matter?

Consciousness, for the panpsychist, is the intrinsic nature of matter. There’s just matter, on this view, nothing supernatural or spiritual. But matter can be described from two perspectives. Physical science describes matter “from the outside,” in terms of its behavior.

What can affect consciousness?

Common causes of decreased consciousness include:

• drugs.
• alcohol.
• substance abuse.
• certain medications.
• epilepsy.
• low blood sugar.
• stroke.
• lack of oxygen to the brain.

Is consciousness a function of the brain?

Consciousness is not a process in the brain but a kind of behavior that, of course, is controlled by the brain like any other behavior. Human consciousness emerges on the interface between three components of animal behavior: communication, play, and the use of tools.

Are thoughts physical matter?

Since thoughts are physical and have spatial dimensions (each thought being represented by complex connections between large arrays of neurons), you might wonder if it’s possible to “read” a person’s thoughts from their brain’s patterns of neuronal activity.

How does it feel to lose consciousness?

Many people feel lightheaded every once in a while, so lightheaded that they may faint — that is, pass out momentarily. Fainting is not the same as being asleep or unconscious. When a person faints, it’s usually temporary and the person can be revived in a few minutes.

How does consciousness create reality?

Insofar as an individual’s experience is their “reality,” then in that sense their human consciousness does indeed create that reality. Dream experience provides an example where an individual’s experience, or “reality,” is created by the functioning of consciousness with little or no influence from sensory stimuli.

Does consciousness create reality?

Consciousness does not create reality. All consciousness deals with is a model of reality. A partial, incomplete and approximate representation of what’s really happening, but one that is sufficient for survival and reproduction, and close enough for rock and roll.

Do thoughts create matter?

Thoughts are composed of the same kind of electromagnetic energy as matter. Matter is of higher intensity that thoughts, but that’s the only difference. Everyone is a wizard if a wizard is someone who can create matter with his thoughts.

Are thoughts made of matter?

So in a sense thoughts are made of matter, but in the same way a flame or a sound wave is made of matter; the signal is propagated, but which matter does so constantly changes (electrons don’t just flow along a nerve.