What Are the Stakes to This Debate?

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Here's my question for the panpsychistsand the people who engage in this debate is, what are the stakes? Like, how will this affect either, like, how we do science, or how we understand the universe. And i just don't know what the stakes are. I don't either love somebody to tell us, because maybe, like, i am fully willing to admit that i might be completely misguided on that, me too. The only resemblances witkinstein was right. L and i don't even get that with like, fluffy minstuf. No, right?

It’s the topic voted on by our beloved Patreon patrons, panpsychism! David and Tamler delve into the resurgent debate over whether consciousness is the fundamental stuff that makes up the universe. We hoped we might be entering Miyazaki land - river spirits, benevolent radishes, a universal mind. But is this just the same old philosophy of mind debate with different words? Are there any stakes to this debate or is it purely terminological? Plus – we answer some last-minute questions from listeners on dissertations, Ukraine, pseudoscience, and the music from "The Shield."