I do not believe in duality. That is, I believe that consciousness is a result of/a component in the physical universe and not a separate entity governed by its own laws.
I believe, "I made this choice because I wanted to," and, "I made this choice because the probability clouds of every single particle of matter in existence since the beginning of the universe happened to collapse in a way that culminated in my brain synapses firing in a particular pattern," to be identical statements, equally true.
I believe it's entirely reasonable to consider "humanity" as a single entity with its own consciousness, though consciousness that is unrecognizable to us.
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'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.'
-TJ
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