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My own view, which respects well-confirmed science, leans toward a clear distinction between the relativistic macroscopic and quantum 'microscopic' realms.
Yes, that is what I was referring to. There is a school of thought emerging that we won't ever be able to reconcile those; we won't be able to unite them. Which has been a preoccupation of many theoreticians for decades.
Cognition is emergent within experience.
Not quite sure what that means. I am NOT a biologist, but in learning why religion is wrong, I have learned that consciousness and intelligence -and by extension, cognition- is an emergent property of brains. A single, or even a few brain cells don't give you much. Get billions of them all interconnected, and you get awareness, cognition, and personality**. At least that is what neuroscience is telling us.
I saw an excellent program on complexity on NOVA a few years ago. Contrary to what many creationists assert, complexity commonly arises out of simplicity. And then can follow other emergent properties that were not evident in the simpler construct. They had multiple example from mathematics and chemistry.
**Though personality also has an experiential component.
