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If that interests you, see the philosophical debates about the nature and existence of consciousness, e.g. https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2018/03/13/the-consciou

If that interests you, see the philosophical debates about the nature and existence of consciousness, e.g. https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2018/03/13/the-consciousness-deniers/ https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2018/03/13/the-consciousness-d... and the follow-up https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2018/04/03/magic-illusions-and-zombies-an-exchange/ https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2018/04/03/magic-illusions-and... I thought of this connection because of the philosopher Daniel Dennett's writing about the Sphex wasp.

jelliclesfarm 6y ago
Thank you for the links. The Sphex wasp behaviour is common to most wasps. They are fierce mothers. I have seen it first hand with tarantula wasps in my farm where the female wasp will paralyze tarantula with a neurotoxin. Then she lays the eggs in the still alive tarantula’s belly. It’s insides liquify and after the baby wasps come along, they are nourished by the fortifying soup of the ..wait for it..still-living tarantula’s innards. http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20150109-the-wasp-that-scares-tarantulas http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20150109-the-wasp-that-scares... A more dramatic telling here on video: https://www.newsweek.com/horrifying-video-shows-giant-wasp-paralyze-tarantula-so-living-spider-body-can-716711 https://www.newsweek.com/horrifying-video-shows-giant-wasp-p...