Brains are not required to think or solve problems – simple cells can do it

Re:Brains are not required to think or solve problems – simp... by bumby on Thursday January 25, 2024 @10:33PM (#39138628)

Would this imply that someone who claims to lose the sense of self (or seems to realize it as a hallucination) through “sober” techniques like meditation would no longer be conscious?

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Re:Brains are not required to think or solve problems – simp... by therobots927 on Thursday January 25, 2024 @10:35PM (#39138640)

Quite the opposite. I'm saying that a sense of self is not necessary for consciousness. And that many people write off simple objects as having consciousness when really what they mean as that those objects don't have a sense of self.

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