>>But then you're saying in the universe there is another entity (the observer object) that provides special abilities to ordinary matter (particle objects).
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>Define "is". We're doing a Gedankenexperiment here. So far we have:
>- observer class
>- particle class (which we the agreed would be the parent class of the observer, and that observer would have a collection of its particles)
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>So... which universe are we talking about? The physical universe where UT's servers reside, or the class space of the imaginary machine where our classes would be instantiated?


I was talking about the virtual universe.



Simple question: in your opinion, is our mind a physical phenomenon that cannot be accounted for by the fundamental forces and particles?