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Re:Language of fungi derived from their electrical spiking a... by plutonorm on Thursday April 07, 2022 @03:14AM (#30941584)
It's literally the opposite of that. The criticism you are levelling is precisely what makes the idea of the strong emergence of consciousness such a joke.

Panpsychists say that consciousness always exists, all the way down, not that it emerges. It is a view born out of the rejection of the kind of emergence you are describing.

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Re:Language of fungi derived from their electrical spiking a... by jonathankoren on Thursday April 07, 2022 @05:53AM (#30942550)
Literally no panpsychist asserts that a proton has human, or even bacterium level consciousness.
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Re:Language of fungi derived from their electrical spiking a... by plutonorm on Thursday April 07, 2022 @10:58AM (#30945292)
Go do some reading and then come back with an informed opinion because you don't have the basics down.
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