hot take: the reason we don’t have much “willpower” is that willpower is the power to go against adapted instincts which is bad in EEAs
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Yes. Willpower is the conscious mind taking over. That's why I've said, if we want to know whether other species of animals are conscious like we are, look at whether they commit suicide.
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Yeah, I dunno. I think we're maybe giving committing suicide a bit too much credit. Also, how would we recognize it? Is beaching yourself a suicide attempt, or something else?
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yeah almost as many problems as identifying consciousness but an interesting direction
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