Lothar Schafer - Does Consciousness Cause the Cosmos?

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Some claim consciousness, our inner awareness, is part of a ‘cosmic consciousness’. Not only is consciousness the deepest reality, but also it brought into existence the totality of reality. This would mean that mind, the mental, is fundamental and primary, while the entire physical universe is derivative and secondary. Even some scientists take it seriously.

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Lothar Schafer is a quantum chemist and Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at the University of Arkansas.

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