I'd say, you cannot simultaneously be a
My .02 says: The problem is not that consciousness as a material thing is
beyond understanding in principle. As a realist, understanding that the
complexity of consciousness in the material sense is beyond our skills is
better. They can co-exist if you take this cheap way out. Consciousness is a
material thing that our perception cannot distinguish as such, like music.
materialist, and a realist about consciousness, because
consciousness is not a material thing.
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Robin
Bill Roh