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A comment on Ask HN: Where does consciousness come from?. Parent comment

Re:Ask HN: Where does consciousness come from? by JabavuAdams on Friday December 19, 2008 @08:54PM (#404128)
No. I often think without language. It's a different mode.
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Re:Ask HN: Where does consciousness come from? by ddemchuk on Friday December 19, 2008 @11:41PM (#404277)
thinking and consciousness are different things. Thinking implies that you are evaluating your surroundings as all other animals do. Consciousness is the idea of self awareness: not only are you thinking about the situation, but you're thinking about yourself in the situation in relation to everything else around you.
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