DAVID: [i]A new article supporting a panpsychism comeback:[/i]
https://qz.com/1184574/the-idea-that-everything-from-spoons-to-stones-are-conscious-is-...

QUOTE: "[i]Such theories sound incredible, and perhaps they are. But then again, so is every other possible theory that explains consciousness. “The more I think about [any theory], the less plausible it becomes,” says Chalmers. “One starts as a materialist, then turns into a dualist, then a panpsychist, then an idealist,” he adds, echoing his paper on the subject. Idealism holds that conscious experience is the only thing that truly exists. From that perspective, panpsychism is quite moderate.[/i]"

DAVID’s comment: [i]I still think God is universal consciousness. It fits this discussion nicely.[/i]

I share Chalmer’s view that so far every theory sounds incredible. Bottom-up panpsychism is the alternative that I have been defending in our discussions as an alternative to your top-down form. I do not regard dualism as incompatible with either, and I have already offered a hypothesis that reconciles dualism and materialism to a certain degree.