What the trend in information physics suggests is illustrated in Figure 16 (see this page). The hierarchical structure of science remains exactly the same as before, except that now the “bottom” of the hierarchy is Universal Consciousness [C]. The physical world emerges from [C], and the top of the pyramid is the mind, meaning the brain’s machinery involved in information processing, cognition, and perception. From this perspective we enjoy conscious awareness not because the brain generates it, but because [C] permeates every layer of the physical world, just like electrons permeate every
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