understood. conversational fluency is not a satisfactory indicator of consciousness. it is neither necessary nor sufficient. so we're left with the issue of qualia and stuck reasoning about why it is that we believe anything (besides our own self) is conscious at all.
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the substrate of stellar consciousness is millions of nuclear fusion reactions per second so they have spectacular processing power, they don't notice us because we're so slow
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and what are they doing with all that processing power? 'mining' heavy elements?
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constructing elaborate fictional worlds and beaming their ongoing stories into the universe *for free*, they're incredibly generous of spirit
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all lies. They tell you that at first, but in the end they all turn into bottomless frigid vortexes sucking the life out of everything.
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Not all stars turn into black holes, most of them turn into grey dwarfs which continue to shine over trillions of years before gradually fading. And black holes can be the energy sources for type II civilizations orbiting them. Stars are inherently benevolent beings.
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this is a fitting tribute for Bowie Memorial day.
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