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The funny thing is we have no way of knowing that any other human (other than yourself) is self aware. This is why the study of consciousness is so difficult.
by matt-attack 5y ago
The funny thing is we have no way of knowing that any other human (other than yourself) is self aware.
This is why the study of consciousness is so difficult. We each clearly know that we are having a subjective experience, but we have no way of knowing that any one (or anything) else is.
I kind of sympathize with the hypothesis that simply all matter has some degree of self consciousness.
- emteycz 5y agoHmm, TBH I think that is pop-science (wrong) take... Humans can stop being self aware and we can measure that very easily. There are many different degrees of self-awareness damage, and many of them are precisely codified.
- leonry 5y agoThe problem of other minds is very much a serious problem in philosophy, cf. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/other-minds/ https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/other-minds/
- netizen-936824 5y agoPhilosophy itself is a problem because it seems to be allergic to evidence. Look elsewhere for information concerning the mind, brains, and neurochemistry
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