Similarly, our knowledge of the universe is not something separate from the universe; it is a part of the universe. Thus, for humans to know the universe is for the universe to know itself. As Carl Sagan put it, ‘humans are the stuff of the cosmos examining itself’. And Darwin’s theory of evolution explains how this could be so - how clumps of matter could come to be organized in such a way that they are able to contemplate themselves and the rest of the cosmos.
Consciousness is tricky…
For once, a scientific person that actually has imagination. Interesting.
Similarly, our knowledge of the universe is not something separate from the universe; it is a part of the universe....