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The emergence of mind

At the first level is the theory of the emergence of atomic nuclei heavy in the middle of the big stars and, to a higher level, the evidence of the appearance of organic molecules in space somewhere. At the next level, it appears that life. Even if one day the origin of life should be reproducible in the laboratory, life creates something totally different universe: the distinctive work of the bodies, in particular the actions of animals often aimed at a purpose, and resolve their problems. All bodies are continuous problem solvers, while not aware of most problems trying to solve. At a still higher level there is a big step for the appearance of conscious states. With the distinction between conscious states and unconscious states something totally new and very important part of the universe becomes. This is a new world: the world of conscious experience. Karl Popper, "Natural selection and the emergence of mind" in Tauler, Three Essays on the human mind, Armando, Rome, 1994,