The first step to solving the meaning zombie problem is to deny micro-reductionism. If the basic laws of physics determine how I behave, regardless of whether or not experiential understanding emerges, then natural selection will not care whether or not experiential understanding emerges. It is only if the emergence of experiential understanding makes a difference, only if things with experiential understanding survive better than things whose behaviour is wholly determined by underlying chemistry and physics, that we can start to make sense of an evolutionary explanation of the emergence of
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But what if micro-reductionism is only possible with more variety than we are able to manifest, either in a single brain, or all the brains in the universe?
