{"id":85225,"date":"2020-05-19T12:18:48","date_gmt":"2020-05-19T18:18:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/?p=85225"},"modified":"2020-05-22T11:39:09","modified_gmt":"2020-05-22T17:39:09","slug":"consciousness-and-stewardship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2020\/05\/consciousness-and-stewardship.html","title":{"rendered":"Consciousness and Stewardship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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I found this piece fascinating: \u00a0Joel Frohlich, \u201cFrames of consciousness:\u00a0Can electrical impulses in the brain explain the stuff that dreams are made on? What a new consciousness-detector reveals,\u201d Aeon<\/em><\/a>. \u00a0Here are a couple of quotations from Dr. Frohlich\u2019s essay:<\/p>\n

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Understanding consciousness might be the greatest scientific challenge of our time. How can physical stuff, eg electrical impulses, explain mental stuff, eg dreams or the sense of self? Why does a network of neurons in our brain\u00a0feel<\/em> like an experience, when a network of computers or a network of people doesn\u2019t feel like anything, as far as we know? Alas, this problem feels impossible. . . .<\/span><\/p>\n

C<\/span>onsciousness is a mystery. A multitude of scientific theories attempt to explain why our brains experience<\/em> the world, rather than simply receiving input and producing output without feeling.<\/span><\/p>\n

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This research is scientifically interesting, of course, but it also brings to the fore certain difficult ethical issues. \u00a0(Being myself notoriously without ethics, I can only imagine how others might be impacted.)<\/p>\n

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Whenever you find yourself pining for the \u201cgood old days,\u201d you might want to consider this article:<\/p>\n

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\u201cHumans Co-Existed With Lizards as Long as Cars in Ancient Australia\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cHow much space does nature need? 30 percent of the planet may not be enough:\u00a0Nature needs to be protected, scientists agree, but how best to do it is up for debate\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cThe Great Barrier Reef is suffering its most widespread bleaching ever recorded:\u00a0The ongoing episode is the third mass bleaching event in five years\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cWhat lifestyle changes will shrink your carbon footprint the most?\u00a0How to take steps that will make a difference\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cThese 6 books explore climate change science and solutions\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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And the Lord<\/span> God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and there he put the man whom he had formed.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/sup>And out of the ground the Lord<\/span> God made to spring up every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. . . . \u00a0The Lord<\/span> God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it. \u00a0(Genesis 2:8-9, 15, ESV)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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And, finally, here\u2019s a curious bit of research that\u2019s being conducted at Brigham Young University and elsewhere in my adopted home state of Utah:<\/p>\n

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\u201cBYU researchers help test wastewater for COVID-19 infection rates in Utah:\u00a0Statewide effort features researchers from BYU, University of Utah, Utah State University, Utah Department of Environmental Quality\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u00a0 \u00a0 I found this piece fascinating: \u00a0Joel Frohlich, \u201cFrames of consciousness:\u00a0Can electrical impulses in the brain explain the stuff that dreams are made on? What a new consciousness-detector reveals,\u201d Aeon. \u00a0Here are a couple of quotations from Dr. Frohlich\u2019s essay: \u00a0 Understanding consciousness might be the greatest scientific challenge of our time. 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