We are not machines

Yes it’s a good article. He is exactly advocating for strong emergence which I also have done in a couple of threads here.

That’s to say, the true causes of outcomes at the level of traits and of health don’t all come from the bottom up, from the genes, but emerge at all levels in the hierarchy of scales. That’s how life works. If we can identify the key locus of causation for a given trait, we have a better chance of making interventions that make a difference.

It does however not mean that the emergent consciousness at the top of the hierachy can survive with the death of the “bottom”