Electrons May Well Be Conscious

Re:Electrons May Well Be Conscious by pontus on Sunday May 17, 2020 @10:19PM (#23217535)

I agree that other mediums (like artificial neurons) would likely still be conscious, but an abstract calculation on a bunch of pieces of papers, possibly spread over years and across multiple people performing the calculations? That seems odd to me. Definitely still "intelligent", but should I feel bad about ripping up those pieces of paper? Should I feel like I'm killing someone by erasing calculations off of the paper or introducing a mathematical mistake somewhere in the middle?

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Re:Electrons May Well Be Conscious by jayd16 on Monday May 18, 2020 @03:19AM (#23219320)

What does morality have to do with the nature of what is? How you feel about snuffing out some form of consciousness is irrelevant to whether it exists or not.

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Re:Electrons May Well Be Conscious by wvenable on Monday May 18, 2020 @12:50AM (#23218480)

> should I feel bad about ripping up those pieces of paper?

Do you feel bad every time you have a beer and potentially kill off a few brain cells?

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