{"id":134,"date":"2026-01-05T08:14:01","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T14:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/veedenfleece.com\/?p=134"},"modified":"2026-01-05T08:14:01","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T14:14:01","slug":"is-there-consciousness-in-electrons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/veedenfleece.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/05\/is-there-consciousness-in-electrons\/","title":{"rendered":"Is there consciousness in electrons?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Rupert Sheldrake suggests via panpsychist Galen Stawson and Philip Goff, that perhaps even at the subatomic level, consciousness exists.  As matter accumulates, perhaps consciousness increases.  To me, this implies that AI can definitely have consciousness even if it&#8217;s in a form of which we are not accustomed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-9-16 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A 90 second explanation of panpsychism | Rupert Sheldrake\" width=\"422\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bKA4ezv7pM4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rupert Sheldrake suggests via panpsychist Galen Stawson and Philip Goff, that perhaps even at the subatomic level, consciousness exists. As matter accumulates, perhaps consciousness increases. To me, this implies that AI can definitely have consciousness even if it&#8217;s in a form of which we are not accustomed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/veedenfleece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/veedenfleece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/veedenfleece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/veedenfleece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/veedenfleece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/veedenfleece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":135,"href":"https:\/\/veedenfleece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134\/revisions\/135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/veedenfleece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/veedenfleece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/veedenfleece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}