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There are animals that don't have a central nervous system and even some that don't even have a nervous system at all (sponges). How are they supposed to feel?
by legulere 11y ago
There are animals that don't have a central nervous system and even some that don't even have a nervous system at all (sponges). How are they supposed to feel?
- sambeau 11y agoNot 'feelings' exactly, but, 1mm long nematode worms (with only 1000 cells) can show signs of depression and become addicted to nicotine amongst many other surprisingly 'human' behaviours. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caenorhabditis_elegans https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caenorhabditis_elegans https://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=c+elegans+depression&hl=en&as_sdt=0&as_vis=1&oi=scholart&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi4n9qJ6ojLAhVCWRQKHcLbCaMQgQMIHTAA https://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=c+elegans+depression&...
- atlantic 11y agoYou seem to be identifying consciousness with the physical structures that apparently support it. We read every day on this forum that correlation is not causation.