Exactly. I think authors understand this too. The problem is that they want to make their article popular and get more citations, that is why they add this BS a

Exactly. I think authors understand this too. The problem is that they want to make their article popular and get more citations, that is why they add this BS about consciousness to their article. What is sad is that most comments on HN are about "feelings" that their pet fish has and how fscking happy they are when fed.