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I'm certain that one day (probably not in my lifetime) we will find the bridge that crosses over this chasm and thus answering the question.
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Nara, it is interesting you threw in that stipulation “probably not in my LIFEtime.” If mind is physically based, science can prove it. If mind is not physically based, science cannot prove it. To be scientifically proven, mind must be traceable to some sort of physical phenomenon from which we can replicate mind. If mind is not physical though, then it is outside the realm of science. And what tool is there besides science that can prove stuff? The only other tool is personal experience, and that is subjective. So, although science has been able to figure out a lot about how bodies/brains operate, that doesn’t mean much if those things are just mental projections of mind, thus making physical reality no more physical than the physical world we experience when dreaming? For as long as science remains unsure about exactly what makes mind, belief that mind is a product of matter is just as much a religious belief as religious belief. So, at this point in time, the mind makes matter hypothesis has yet to be falsified. Even if mind is primary though, that doesn’t mean that religions are exactly right about anything , other than their propensity to believe in something beyond the physical world. I personally think science is great, but I also think scissors are great. Science is a tool, and like most tools, it is useful when applied to the right job. Mind might not be something in the realm of science. Mind invented science after all. We’ll see, but until there is good reason to believe otherwise, my money is on mind makes matter.
