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How do you wire up the “conscious-o-meter”? What would a function for mapping consciousness to a quantity look like? How about [thoughts, emotions, sensations] .sum { |p| p.frequency * p.complexity } Collecting the data is left as an exercise for the student.
Pain, for example, counts as all 3, and some would say it’s simple while others might call it complex.
I am not sure what this article is trying to accomplish. Consciousness might be binary, so rabbits might have it? Can you define consciousness at all?
Just shitposting: How about “the number of bits a subsection of a system is able to encode about the rest of the system surrounding it”
I am not sure what this article is trying to accomplish. Consciousness might be binary, so rabbits might have it? Can you define consciousness at all?
This was an excellent article. To me "consciousness" cannot be thought of as binary, i.e. humans have it, no other creature does. That's the classical, religious view.
Rather it's just an illusion your brain puts on for you, and rabbits get a different illusion. So it's silly to say "animals are more conscious." They have a different consciousness. Go ahead and google "what is it like to be a bat."
all that chicken must have a death wish then
I am not sure what this article is trying to accomplish. Consciousness might be binary, so rabbits might have it? Can you define consciousness at all?
Isn't consciousness the feeling of existing?
If we want to talk scientifically about consciousness then we need to be able to make predictions about it and test those... then refine our ideas.
Up until that point its metaphysics or religion. Do I agree that rabbits are probably somewhat conscious? Yes. Do I know what that MEANS? No.
I am not sure what this article is trying to accomplish. Consciousness might be binary, so rabbits might have it? Can you define consciousness at all?
He can speak for himself, so I'm not interpreting him here, but: This was an excellent article. To me "consciousness" cannot be thought of as binary, i.e. humans have it, no other creature does. That's the classical, religious view. Rather it's just an illusion your brain puts on for you, and rabbits get a different illusion. So it's silly to say "animals are more conscious." They have a different consciousness. Go a…
I am not sure what this article is trying to accomplish. Consciousness might be binary, so rabbits might have it? Can you define consciousness at all?
Unclear what "more" means in relation to consciousness. More vivid? More varied? More aware? All or some of these? Just because our behavioral expressions seem subdued compared to animals (but do they really?), it doesn't follow that their inner experience has "more" of anything.