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In re: Gaia, if the basis of qualia involves something cells do then (IMO) there's no inherent difficulty in assigning "mind" or subjective experience to the gl
by carapace 7y ago
In re: Gaia, if the basis of qualia involves something cells do then
(IMO) there's no inherent difficulty in assigning "mind" or subjective
experience to the global ecosystem. We can "fold in" that question with the problem of human subjective experience.
Gregory Bateson speculated that evolution and thought are two aspects of
the same process. ("Steps to an Ecology of Mind", "Mind and Nature: a
Necessary Unity")
Michael Levin's lab's work on the self-regulation of living forms points
to ambient intelligence. The cellular machinery that neurons use to
think is common to all cells. It's concentrated and accelerated in
neurons but the clear implication (IMO) is that all life thinks.
"What Bodies Think About: Bioelectric Computation Outside the Nervous
System" (youtube.com) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18736698 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18736698