I always hand-waved Qui-Gon's lines there as an interpretation. "A certain point of view." He was telling a little kid to focus inwardly and be open to some basic meditation stuff.
Testosterone is necessary for life too. It has specific effects on people's reasoning and motive and moods. But we don't think the stuff is conscious.
IMO midichlorians have gotten way too much of the SW fanbase's attention (and frustration) in the last 25 years. I think it's easy enough to interpret them as a microorganism that responds to the Force in a way that's measurable. If George intended for MCs to be much more than that in 1999, then he messed up. Big deal. It woudn't be the first time.
Human consciousness is not understood very well at all by modern science. People have strong feelings about far-out concepts like souls. But we can still hook a person up to simple electrical equipment and measure brain activity.
Testosterone is necessary for life too. It has specific effects on people's reasoning and motive and moods. But we don't think the stuff is conscious.
IMO midichlorians have gotten way too much of the SW fanbase's attention (and frustration) in the last 25 years. I think it's easy enough to interpret them as a microorganism that responds to the Force in a way that's measurable. If George intended for MCs to be much more than that in 1999, then he messed up. Big deal. It woudn't be the first time.
Human consciousness is not understood very well at all by modern science. People have strong feelings about far-out concepts like souls. But we can still hook a person up to simple electrical equipment and measure brain activity.
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