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I was thinking,
The hive mind of social media
Cultural consciousness
Familial decisions
National/tribal consciousness
But this is not within the body so maybe I'm wrong
I actually share your thoughts! I used our body as an example to illustrate my point but I believe that this concept expands beyond our bodies and into everything.
We could both be wrong though!
Yes and in perspective we just might be a cog in an organic web of life that we might not be aware of. Just like the cells, functioning without being aware that they are part of an organ.
If there were no people, would there be a national consciousness? If such a think exists, it is the sum of parts, so it is partially within the body (if what you say is real).
I want to add that there was a study in Princeton designed to prove the existence of a Global human consciousness. It ran for 15 years and proved the hypothesis with odds in favor of a trillion to one.
https://noosphere.princeton.edu/results.html#alldata
Awesome, l will check this out. I have certain ideas about this that are personal (no proof) so always interested in anything like this.