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But according to the article stress hyperthemia is one trait used to identify consciousness. Is consciousness the same as "having feelings"? >One particular tr
by marcusgarvey 11y ago
But according to the article stress hyperthemia is one trait used to identify consciousness. Is consciousness the same as "having feelings"?
>One particular trait used to identify consciousness, which was previously thought to be absent in fish, is the capacity for stress-induced hyperthermia or “emotional fever”. This is a physical reaction similar to a fever caused by infection, but in this case the trigger is a stressful situation. Basically, the body gets warmer in response to stress.
- ars 11y agoI googled stress-induced hyperthermia and got very little. That would imply that if it's a marker for consciousness it's not a well accepted one. Maybe it's one marker among many, but certainly not enough to support the HN title "Fish have feeling". And simply on a logical level I'm not seeing the connection between stress causing heat, and consciousness. Animals obviously can get stressed, and animals obviously can have a fever. I'm not seeing why consciousness is necessary to link the two.