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by tMcGrath 2720 days ago
As I understand it her point it that what we take to be fundamental particles have certain properties - charge, spin, etc - and no others. If they had other properties, this would lead to measurably different outcomes in collision experiments for quantum-mechanical reasons (not because of any 'free will' on the part of the particles, as I believe some other commenters have interpreted it).

If these few numbers really are all the information that an electron (for instance) contains, then where is the informational content of consciousness located, assuming that panpsychism claims that electrons possess a certain small amount of consciousness? This is how I interpreted her sentence on consciousness implying the ability to change; not as meaning the ability to decide, but as meaning the ability to carry extra information by being in different states. I think this seems like a reasonable objection and I'm interested in how panpsychists might respond.