A. Damasio is not a determinist ! Hell he even wrote a book discrediting the father of cartesian thinking.
You say consciousness has been "nailed down" like some algebra formula describing gravity.
You say a brain is something which "barely makes do", anyone with any knowledge of brain physiology knows that the brain is the most complex steady state "chemical reaction" in existence. All I'm saying is my brain's perception of sound is "better" than a microphone (~100 part count) or an oscilloscope (~1000 part count.) How many brain cells do we have? Much more complex "instrument" than a mic or a scope.
Your post about bacteria just rubbed me the wrong way, I apologize but Humans have been to the moon. Humans distill mold to selectively destroy bacteria. Humans can engineer the genetic makup of bacteria to spit out insulin for Christ sake.
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