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Re:Electrons May Well Be Conscious by perl4ever on Sunday May 17, 2020 @11:17PM (#23217958)
Of course there is no evidence available to you that anything is special about my consciousness. And vice versa.

Are you a solipsist or not? If you don't believe in the consciousness of other beings, I can hardly argue with that on rational grounds, but you can't disbelieve in your own consciousness.

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Re:Electrons May Well Be Conscious by mikekchar on Sunday May 17, 2020 @11:51PM (#23218133)
I think the point is not that you disbelieve in your own consciousness but rather that you misinterpret what it is. It must exist: cognito, ergo sum, but this does not imply that you understand its nature.
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Re:Electrons May Well Be Conscious by loopz on Monday May 18, 2020 @02:59AM (#23219207)
Exactly, it's a mystery.

It's also basis for humanism, since if nobody has consciousness, there's no reason to keep humans around.

So it is existential, untestable and unprovable.

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