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B2 ScienceOct 19, 2026

The 3 biggest origin mysteries | Paul Davies

3つの最大の起源の謎 | ポール・デイヴィス

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There are really three origin mysteries: there's the origin of the universe, the origin of life, and the origin of consciousness.
本当に3つの起源の謎があります。宇宙の起源、生命の起源、そして意識の起源です。
The origin of consciousness is a really tough one because we don't even know how to frame the questions.
意識の起源は本当に難しい問題です。なぜなら問いをどう立てるべきかさえ分からないからです。
We don't know the right conceptual structure.
適切な概念的枠組みが分からないのです。
We have thoughts and volitions, and we like to do things, and we got goals.
私たちには思考や意志があり、何かをしたいと思い、目標を持っています。
Give you a simple example: I would like to raise my right arm.
簡単な例を挙げます。私は右腕を上げたいと思います。
Goodness me, look, it went up.
おや、見てください、上がりました。
Well, how did that happen?
さて、これはどうやって起きたのでしょうか。
How did the feeling, the thoughts, the software in my head translate into movements of matter?
頭の中の感覚や思考やソフトウェアが、どうやって物質の動きに変換されたのでしょうか。
Why is it that if I look at the color red, it's completely different in my subjective experience from the color blue,
なぜ赤色を見ると、私の主観的体験では青色とはまったく違うのか、
or the sound of a bell, or the feeling of the wetness of water?
あるいはベルの音や、水の濡れた感覚とも違うのか。
These are all different qualia.
これらはすべて異なるクオリアです。
It's very easy to say, well, it must have something to do with what's between my ears.
まあ、それは耳の間にあるものと関係があるに違いない、と言うのはとても簡単です。
But even the basic question, like why is it that the electrical patterns here between my ears are associated with conscious experiences?
しかし、なぜ耳の間のここの電気的パターンが意識体験と結びついているのか、という基本的な問いさえ、
but the electrical patterns swirling around in the electricity grid don't.
でも電力網の中を渦巻いている電気的パターンはそうではないのか。
At least we assume they don't.
少なくともそうではないと私たちは想定しています。
Can we even pin down what type of patterns have consciousness attached and what don't?
どんな種類のパターンに意識が伴い、どんなものには伴わないのかを特定することさえできるのでしょうか。
I don't think we have the answer.
答えは持っていないと思います。
I don't think we can.
できるとは思えません。
We can actually say, from the physics point of view, what's going on there.
物理学の観点からそこで何が起きているのかは実際に言えます。
So I think, for me as a physicist, consciousness has those very very basic mysteries.
だから物理学者としての私にとって、意識にはそうした非常に非常に基本的な謎があります。

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