For every scientist who has not been led astray by professorial philosophy, as well as for every materialist, sensation is indeed the direct connection between consciousness and the external world; it is the transformation of the energy of external excitation into a state of consciousness. This transformation has been, and is, observed by each of us a million times on every hand. The sophism of idealist philosophy consists in the fact that it regards sensation as being not the connection between consciousness and the external world, but a fence, a wall, separating consciousness from the external world—not an image of the external phenomenon corresponding to the sensation, but as the “sole entity.” lenin from 'materialism and empiriocriticism'.

According to you, if one acknowledge the existence of consciousness, they are an idealist. I may be misunderstanding what you were saying though.

[–] sovecon@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

if conciousness is fundamentally a phenomenon of matter and energy then it fits in a materialist worldview.
statin that it's immaterial is not materialist.

but thank you for quoting scripture.

[–] DeadlyBunny@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

but thank you for quoting scripture

https://lemmygrad.ml/post/5618337/5058813

You often accuse others of things you do/are. 📽️