Re:Is the Sun Conscious? [pdf]
by pharrington on Friday March 29, 2024 @04:14AM
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Why would it be terrified? It doesn't have an amygdala.
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> Why would it be terrified? It doesn't have an amygdala.
because your intellect would grasp the immense heaviness to realize you're mortal, that your ego will end.
Re:Is the Sun Conscious? [pdf]
by pharrington on Wednesday April 03, 2024 @03:59AM
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I get that it would understand mortality and all. What I mean is, terror is a very specific, mammalian response to a perceived threat. There are unimaginably more possible responses to that realization than terror. Terror makes sense for immediate, fleeting threats, but I doubt a galactic scale awareness would develop that specific mechanism.