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Re:Toward a Mature Science of Consciousness by kovrik on Tuesday June 26, 2018 @09:59PM (#17405270)
But wouldn't it mean that literally all living beings have consciousness? That consciousness is not a binary thing, but there are many levels of consciousness.

Humans always liked egocentric views -- "The Earth is the center of the Universe". Or another version: "Humans are superior because they have consciousness".

If there are many levels of consciousness, one may imagine some extraterrestrial super intelligent beings that are many levels above humans, that would think of humans as non-consciousness beings -- like we think of many animals.

Now, if we go down instead, we can say that all animals with brain are conscious (just as not as we are), can't we?

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Re:Toward a Mature Science of Consciousness by rosser on Wednesday June 27, 2018 @02:25AM (#17406142)
Yes, it does.

In fact, I submit that it's the duty of anyone saying that the line separating "conscious" and "not-conscious" animals is here or there has to justify not just why that's where they drew the line, but that there is one in the first place.

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