Thank you for that elaboration.
I definitely believe in point 1 (emergent property). As a bit of an asterisk though I donβt think that itβs a property that necessarily must emerge from a sufficiently complex system. More of an evolutionary accident than anything else.
However, as far as larger and more complex entities developing consciousness, I think that should is probably an overstatement. Iβm open to could develop an emergent property similar to consciousness but then the question becomes what evidence do we have for what? What predictions could we use to test that idea?
Edit: on second thought Iβm probably being a little imprecise with βcould developβ¦β. I donβt know whether those systems could or could not develop consciousness because to the best of my knowledge there isnβt any significant evidence about their ability, in one way or another.
Not extensively but Iβm familiar with the ideas I think. To me itβs almost similar to deistic beliefs where one tries to assign a god label to some foundational force in the universe, but in a way that doesnβt add any information.
I just refreshed my memory with a Stanford philosophy page on him and I can see why itβs appealing. A lot of his axioms make sense and I do believe (in an e=mcΒ² kinda way) that there is only one underlying thing, which is energy. But to define that energy as god just doesnβt add anything useful imo. Plus the whole βnecessarily existing and containing all propertiesβ thing is a stretch imo.
Honestly as the climate gets worse, I think this will be a lot more common.