Consciousness Goes Deeper Than We Think

Re:Consciousness Goes Deeper Than We Think by sorokod on Wednesday September 20, 2017 @02:36AM (#15291290)

Perhaps individual ants are conscious to a degree. This kind of non binary contiousnes was explored in "I am a strange loop"

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Re:Consciousness Goes Deeper Than We Think by IshKebab on Wednesday September 20, 2017 @06:54AM (#15292338)

Consciousness is clearly a spectrum. Ask anyone who has ever got really drunk, or even woken up slowly.

Trying to ask 'when does a baby become conscious' is like trying to say 'when does a baby become tall'.

I still think consciousness is a real thing, and we definitely don't know what causes it, and maybe it is possible to find out. But I think the answer (if there is one) will come from AI - definitely not philosophers and probably not biologists.

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Re:Consciousness Goes Deeper Than We Think by cygx on Wednesday September 20, 2017 @11:10AM (#15294578)

I think the answer (if there is one) will come from AI

We might have to wait until brain simulation becomes a reality, which I expect to happen eventually (assuming we don't manage to pull the plug on civilization).

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Re:Consciousness Goes Deeper Than We Think by cygx on Wednesday September 20, 2017 @11:02AM (#15294482)

There are species of ants that can pass the mirror test.

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