The Mind/Body Problem
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Why is my awareness here while yours is over there? Why is the universe split into two for each of us, into a subject and an infinity of objects? How is each of us our own center of experience, receiving information about the rest of the world? Why are some things conscious and others apparently not? Is a rad conscious or a fly or a virus? These questions are all aspects of the ancient mind body problem, which asks essentially what is the relationship between mind and matter? It's resisted a generally satisfying conclusion for thousands of years.