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Re:Consciousness is not computation by YetAnotherNick on Monday June 20, 2022 @05:07AM (#31807978)
> consciousness is not a binary thing (either on or off) doesn't mean it can't exist at all. It can be a spectrum.

I would categorize consciousness as binary. What you are talking is intelligence in general that rat are more intelligent than butterflies.

Re:Consciousness is not computation by simonh on Monday June 20, 2022 @05:31AM (#31808142)
My experience of consciousness certainly isn't binary. I slip in and out of consciousness when I'm waking up in bed on a weekend all the time. The first person experience is of a very nuanced continuously sliding scale of awareness and cognitive coherence.
Re:Consciousness is not computation by V-2 on Monday June 20, 2022 @05:30AM (#31808133)
> What you are talking is intelligence in general that rat are more intelligent than butterflies.

Not necessarily. One human can be more intelligent than another just the same (even if the gap is orders of magnitude smaller, naturally). It doesn't seem obvious to me at all than it implies being more conscious.