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Re:Is the Sun Conscious? [pdf] by andsoitis on Saturday March 30, 2024 @10:45PM (#39880889)
> 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 (#39914704)
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.