Does Self Exist? What is the proof?

I tangled with it once ... cn

Originally Posted by BigJon

But what does matter have to do with consciousness? Pre-universe, maybe its possible that the potential energy that would become the universe was pure consciousness?

But, matter alone has created your consciousness. And now it seem more likely that consciousness is a quantum effect. The material we call matter is undifined except in a gross physical sense.

And since we only know one type of conscousness, it may be that the universe has another type of self-awareness. It has to do with qunatum computing. If we can do it, the universe my use QC with neutrinos somehow, as it's DNA to unroll it's living self. It's living self has a propensity to produce organic molecules and black holes. There are cloulds of ethanol that extend for light years, for example.

So, in this very strange view, we are the gut fauna of the universe. No mystery we are here. We're part of the universe and it's natural abilitiies as an organism. It could be spawing child universes in the bottom of black holes. We could be a universe pod spawned at the bottom of a parent hole. So, it reads like fantasy, but it's math. Does not make it true, but it is a bit more than just a silly idea.