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Are rocks conscious, even if just a teensy bit?

Yea man
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Naw man
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3,432 votesFinal results

7:45 AM · Aug 10, 2020

Stewart Alsop III - Host of Crazy Wisdom Podcast

@StewartalsopIII

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No but no one has ever seen or touched one who wasn't conscious so who knows!

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Not in any way the we can quantifiably view at this time

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David Chalmers is that you?

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Yep, the sun is also.

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Michael Sanislo

@sparktherevolt

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If they are then perhaps we shouldn't say "get your rocks off" anymore?

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Depends on if you actually work in geology for a living or not.

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Only rocks that have been made into computers.

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On this topic, I’d like to present this fascinating read: blogs.scientificamerican.com/brainwaves/why

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I mean... Obviously. There's a whole show about fraggle rock.

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"Yea man" = en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panpsychi "Naw man" = en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergenti Seems y'all like Emergentism, here.

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