Brain anatomy varies wildly from person to person. So does personality, intelligence. Even our sensorimotor modalities are different.
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Given these facts, why should we assume that the experience of consciousness is the same for everyone? It seems almost obvious that it isn't
In particular, the assumption "homo sapiens is conscious, non-homo sapiens animals are not" feels incredibly medieval.
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Yeah, but we don't know what is consciousness. The only method we can use to know if someone is conscious is conversation.
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I find it hard to think intelligent people hold this position. Dolphins, monkeys, cephalopods, etc all display signs.
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See the Cambridge Declaration of Consciousness: http://fcmconference.org/img/CambridgeDeclarationOnConsciousness.pdf …
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Look at orcas for a lot of interesting abilities and intelligence.
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and wrong. Largely useless statement until we agree what consciousness is and how to measure it.
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@vakibs I'm increasingly beginning to believe that Donald Trump is the first confirmed counterexampleThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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