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Every being with a consciousness must have feelings. Otherwise the consciousness wouldn't know what to do.
by tormeh 9y ago
Every being with a consciousness must have feelings. Otherwise the consciousness wouldn't know what to do.
- kirkules 9y agoThat doesn't mean physical pain is necessarily among the feelings felt.
- 36bydesign 9y agoIt’s damn effective, harder to believe pain is felt by most (all?) animals than that it isn’t. The default assumption should be that they feel pain, not that they don’t.
- qw 9y agoI think creatures that don't feel pain would not survive long in the wild. If they don't feel pain they would not have any reason for avoiding dangerous situations.
- ikeyany 9y agoViruses and bacteria avoid harm and death if they can help it, but that doesn't necessarily mean they can "feel pain".
- coldtea 9y agoSenses are not the same as what we call feelings. And consciousness can be very basic -- merely responding to sensory input.
- ccozan 9y agoConsciousness is on a higher level: it observes what we observe ( = sensory input, either intern/vegetative or extern). Means, body feels pain, the consciousness can tell "I fell pain" - not necessarily in words but on a similar "language".
- taneq 9y agoYou could even define feelings as data generated by, and consumed by, consciousness.