This is an ontological standpoint. I could have said instead: "We can never scientifically explain the being of matter or the being of the universe". We can perhaps understand the being of subjectivity and the being of the universe, but empirical science cannot touch these questions because they are essentially philosophical. The same applies to your other remarks. That subjectivity and matter are interdependent does not mean that all matter is conscious. An embryo is not conscious, but it will be. And that it will be conscious is not something that can happen or not happen when we think of the universe as a whole. The universe is inhabited, it is made of objects for subjects, whoever or whatever those subjects happen to be. The universe is our universe, we give it a meaning and reason for being.Thinking critical wrote: ↑April 14th, 2018, 12:03 pmThis position rejects the possibilty of obtaining new information, argument from ignorance.Therefore we can never scientifically explain the being of the subject.
We all have our own ways of seeing things, but I only wanted to clarify my points because I think you misunderstood some of my basic ideas.