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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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