[Diamond]

Do you think that consciousness is coextensive with thought --which, as you seem to define it, ultimately depends on words or other kinds of symbols?

The bottom line is; DID THINGS COME BEFORE THOUGHTS, OR DID THOUGHTS COME BEFORE THINGS?

SCIENCE CAN'T ANSWER THAT QUESTION SCIENTIFICALLY BUT SOME ARE UNDER THE ILLUSION IT CAN. (Hence Romans 1:21)

Cordially,

[betty boop]

DID THINGS COME BEFORE THOUGHTS, OR DID THOUGHTS COME BEFORE THINGS?

The latter proposition looks like some species of magical operation. I wouldn't think science would want to go there....