What is the sensory experience?
Let's take, for example, the color red. Red has a look to it, and it is a Qualia. May not look exactly the same to everyone, but hey, that's not the point. The point is, there is a feeling you get (or what you might say a look or tone or color), when one perceives the color red.
Can this feeling exist without consciousness? Can the color red exist without consciousness? The answer is, no.
It takes a sentient being to perceive qualia.
It could be anyone. Is there any empirical evidence that people really do perceive the color red? No. It is all in our minds!
What is the purpose of being sentient? To make conscious decisions regarding the propagation of your genetics.
Why does the being need to be sentient in order to make decisions?
Question for the class? What are some decisions a being can make with consciousness that it can't without?
Little Sally raises her hand. "The decision to worship Jesus!"
Very good Little Sally. What else?
Little Termerkatroid raises his hand. "The decision to take his own life!"
Very, very good Little Termerketroid. What else?
Little Beth raises her hand. "The decision to try and find meaning, a higher power, and a sense of purpose!"
Good Little Beth? And why, according to atheistic evolution theory, does consciousness exist?
For the answer, I did a bit of light reading.
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/exmgez/sorry-religions-human-consciousness-is-just-a-consequence-of-evolution
https://evolutionnews.org/2016/06/new_theory_expl/
Basically, there was some review of thought processes necessary. FOR DEEPER THOUGHT processes...
IT TAKES A SENTIENT BEING!
Little Sally raises her hand again.
No, you got it wrong, Ms. Zuhl! LIVING ORGANISMS have deeper thought processes! It takes intense decision making to survive as a species, on an individual level! This same reasoning does not apply to the creation of the universe!
The Big bang was a very simplistic process. All of a sudden, BANG! Expansion!
Little Termerketroid raises his hand again.
NO, LITTLE TERMERKETROID! DON'T ASK FURTHER QUESTIONS ON THE BIG BANG!!!!
In essence, the atheist view is, the universe is TRYING EVERY SINGLE POSSIBLITY THERE IS!!! That's why it doesn't take intelligence. There is no intelligence behind the universe because if there were, it would require "deeper thought processes."
Then, BANG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
As life forms evolve, the process of self-reflection was a result!
However, this is a completely meaningless process. It was something, that came out of nothing.
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