聽神談【關於生命的「自我覺知」self-aware】
所有的能量都是自我覺知的，但是，並非所有能量都覺知到「它是自我覺知的」(All energy is self-aware, but not all energy is aware that it is self-aware.)。
尼爾：能再說一次嗎？
一切生命，甚至最微小的細胞、分子，或次分子粒子，都含有智能(intelligence)。這基本智能是天生內建的。它是一種細胞的編碼。因為這是真實的，所以，這些微小粒子以合理的方式在移動。它們的移動產生一種特殊而可預料的結果。
這結果被稱為「生命」。(This outcome is called Life.)
就宏觀層面，它稱為宇宙的宇宙論(cosmology of the universe)；就微觀層面，它稱為粒子物理學(particle physics)、超弦理論(superstring theory)等等。
尼爾：而我們，就置身在這中間的某個地方 。
是的。現在你是真的搞懂了。
你們有些人稱這內建的智能為「生存本能」(survival instinct)。你們所有的物理定律，及其可預測性，都是建立在這你剛到達的理解上。
現在要來談個有趣的轉折：在演化過程的某一個點上，生命能量開始變得覺知到「它自己是有自我覺知的」。
那是件大事。生命開始覺知到「以它目前的形式」生命是什麼。
摘自《重新定義神》第6章
All energy is self-aware, but not all energy is aware that it is self-aware.
Neale: I beg your pardon?
All of Life, down to the tiniest cell, molecule, or sub-molecular particle, contains intelligence. This basic intelligence is built in. It is a cellular encoding. Because that is true, these tiny particles move in ways that make sense. Their movement produces a specific and predictable outcome.
This outcome is called Life.
At the macro level, it is called the cosmology of the universe. At the micro level it is called particle physics, superstring theory, and so forth.
Neale: And somewhere in the middle, there's us!
Now you're with me. Yes!
Some of you call this built-in intelligence the "survival instinct." All of your laws of physics and its predictability have been based on the understanding at which you have just arrived.
Now comes an interesting twist: At a certain point in the Process of Evolution, Life Energy becomes aware that it is aware of itself.
That's a big event. You bet. It is Life becoming aware of what Life IS in its present form.
