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Re:Electrons May Well Be Conscious by Analemma_ on Sunday May 17, 2020 @10:13PM (#23217497)
Even materialists agree that consciousness is a matter of degree; panpsychists don't have a monopoly on that position. Humans are more conscious than mammals who are more conscious than fish who are more conscious than insects. But the materialist position is that any non-zero degree of consciousness requires a substrate capable of computation, and so you bottom out to zero long before you get to electrons.
Re:Electrons May Well Be Conscious by 6gvONxR4sf7o on Monday May 18, 2020 @01:28AM (#23218708)
So if I'm getting this right, the usual materialist position is that thinking is a matter of degree for stuff that can think, and just a straight no for everything else. While the panpsychists think it's just a matter of degree, full stop? No 100% unthinking allowed?
Re:Electrons May Well Be Conscious by dvsfish on Monday May 18, 2020 @01:59AM (#23218874)
Great explanation. My thoughts approximately (but more eloquently).