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In the video "From Particles to People" [1] by theoretical physicist Sean Caroll [2] there is no evidence of such a field. For such a field to be strong enough to affect our brain (consisting of atoms) it would already have been found.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5Fel1VKEN8

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_M._Carroll

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I'm not sure that it's true to say that because we haven't found anything yet, it doesn't exist. And yes I know that's not what you're saying. It's crucial that we continue to question existence, otherwise we'll never progress as a species. There are so many things we don't understand, and consciousness is one of the big ones.

I also believe that in order to make progress it is important to accept those things that are established as scientific fact even if they counter intuitive or hard to accept.

With respect to consciousness, Joshua Bach has an interesting view: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3K5UxWRRuY

I suspect that 'scientific fact' is something of an oxymoron. At one time it was a scientific fact that the sun revolved around the earth, or that the universe was static. Science is designed to be constantly tested by theory, experimentation, replicability and hypotheses. As far as consciousness goes, all we have are theories of course. :)

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