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Your first few paragraphs were quite enlightening, thank you for writing that. However... the recursive nature of consciousness doesn't stop us from saying tha
by dwaltrip 8y ago
Your first few paragraphs were quite enlightening, thank you for writing that.
However... the recursive nature of consciousness doesn't stop us from saying that rocks aren't conscious. You still need a medium that supports recursive operations of the necessary depth and complexity. Rocks don't seem to have such characteristics.
- igammarays 8y agoWell we know very well that rocks have molecules arranged in complex patterns, and that energy transfer occurs between these molecules in the form of electrons, or sound/heat/energy. Nothing too different from a neural network on a fundamental structural level.