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If consciousness is a byproduct of advanced organization of organic matter, I imagine we can use technology to create simplified versions that lack the complexi

• BuildTheRobots 7y ago
  > I imagine we can use technology to create simplified versions that lack the complexity required for consciousness while still being nutritious You could say the same about breeding animals for meat or even people for slavery - in fact that seems to be not to many steps down that route. I don't think either are acceptable though, so we're back to deciding where to draw that suffering line.
• droithomme 7y ago
  > I imagine we can use technology to create simplified versions that lack the complexity required for consciousness while still being nutritious. Or economically valuable for organ extraction. http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,138483,00.html http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,138483,... > [Labs] at the University of Texas and at the University of Bath ... created headless mice [and] headless tadpoles. > "It would almost certainly be possible to produce human bodies without a forebrain," Princeton biologist Lee Silver told the London Sunday Times. "These human bodies without any semblance of consciousness would not be considered persons, and thus it would be perfectly legal to keep them 'alive' as a future source of organs."