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Re:An ant colony has memories its individual members don’t h... by chansiky on Thursday January 16, 2020 @12:54PM (#22067002)
So taking the question to the obvious next step: is it possible the entity of an organization of people, corporations, clubs, churches, cults, have its own conciousness (feelings, goals, awareness of itself)? Does HackerNews have a conciousness?
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Re:An ant colony has memories its individual members don’t h... by Accujack on Thursday January 16, 2020 @01:01PM (#22067088)
If you stretch the definition of consciousness enough, sure.

I'd argue that there's a major difference between consciousness and self awareness or sentience.

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