Freeman Dyson Atomic Awareness

Hi,



Just watched a bit of the debate on youtube "Dangerous Ideas - Deepak Chopra & Richard Dawkins 2013-11-09".



I only watched a bit of it because I find debates with Deepak Chopra a waste of time, and often follow a similar path.



However, Deepak Chopra talked about Freeman Dyson and how he believes in Atomic Awareness. Poor old Richard Dawkins accused Deepak of missunderstanding him and that F Dysin should sue him.



I then found this quote from FD:

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Quote:

That is to say, I think our consciousness is not just a passive epiphenomenon carried along by the chemical events in our brains, but is an active agent forcing the molecular complexes to make choices between one quantum state and another. In other words, mind is already inherent in every electron, and the processes of human consciousness differ only in degree but not in kind from the processes of choice between quantum states which we call "chance" when they are made by electrons

I actually am finding that difficult to understand. Especially the bold part. Is he suggesting, as Deepak says that atoms have awareness, or am I not understanding this, or is this just a word salad full of Deepak style woo. Was Richard Dawkins wrong about Freeman Dyson?



Oh, and I did a quick search to see if there was already a thread on this, but didnt find one (and thats not to say that one doesnt exist).

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