The Problem of Seth's Origin: A Case Study...

Yeah jury is still out on whether physics points to the necessity of a conscious observer though there are more and more challenges to "realism" which I take it as meaning a physical universe that has no need of observers.

It's always hard to gauge these things because religious fanatics in science academia who cling to their materialist faith throw out alternatives like the "Many Worlds Interpretation" and "Strong Emergence".

This thread has been very enjoyable reading because of the sincerity of the content.

The opening post raises the question: is there real communication from an immaterial domain of the universe - to a receptors in a material domain.  I am sure that it happens.  Parsing communication events is best done in the framework of the science behind communication and decision making.

The question becomes: are there means and processes that can do this?  Again, I am confident that it can be described as a natural process, where probabilities and information structures interact.  There are generative actions where information can change and manipulate how the past and future states relate to the now of physicality.  This would challenge the fundamaterialist outlook where only minds in physical bodies are thinking about the evolving states of reality.