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[–] ynthrepic@lemmy.world 1 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

It's a cool axiom though. I mean if there's nothing conscious to know the universe exists, like, so what? A universe needs life to matter to that life. Intrinsic mattering makes no sense. Things have to matter to other things that have the capacity to want or need. But without consciousness, those things might as well be like calculations in a computer.

[–] cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

to matter Why should it?

to that life Tautology

if a tree falls in yhe forest and no one is around to hear, does it make a sound?

Nope, only matters if we hear it.

[–] ynthrepic@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago

Indeed. But it's an axiom, not a tautology.