Scale of the Universe

Re:Scale of the Universe by gnaritas on Tuesday February 25, 2014 @06:39PM (#7301565)

At this point I think current opinion is that pretty much all mammals are consciousness. It's not that rare.

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Re:Scale of the Universe by ekianjo on Tuesday February 25, 2014 @10:45PM (#7302758)

Even fishes, too.

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Re:Scale of the Universe by ars on Tuesday February 25, 2014 @07:27PM (#7301824)

Yah I read that silly article too. They call them conscious because they redefined the term. It's nonsense.

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Re:Scale of the Universe by Dark_Eternal on Tuesday February 25, 2014 @08:29PM (#7302122)

Which article is that?

They may not be self-aware, but it seems reasonable to assume that animals like dogs (for example) have inner lives, after their own fashion, and are capable of experiencing qualia. Certainly more reasonable than to assume that they can't.

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Re:Scale of the Universe by ekianjo on Tuesday February 25, 2014 @10:50PM (#7302779)

It's probably because the only animals YOU ever see are the ones in your dining plate. If you studied animal behavior a little you'd maybe realize how wrong you are.

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Re:Scale of the Universe by benched on Tuesday February 25, 2014 @09:18PM (#7302347)

I guarantee you other animals are first-class conscious. I can't prove it to you, but that's a problem with epistemology, not a problem with the other animals.

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