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That's what I was thinking as I read this. It's still amazing that the brain could have that much neural plasticity, but I think if you simply removed 90% of so
by hvs 10y ago
That's what I was thinking as I read this. It's still amazing that the brain could have that much neural plasticity, but I think if you simply removed 90% of someone else's brain you would see much different results (likely death).
That said, it makes you wonder what genes/proteins make the human brain develop/keep consciousness even with so little material to work with, while other animals don't develop it.
- armitron 10y agoIt is not at all certain that other animals do not develop consciousness. John C. Lilly's work with dolphins for instance points to a different conclusion. There are also other animals (parrots, elephants, various apes) that are widely believed to possess self-awareness if not near-human levels of consciousness.