> [Consciousness] is a construct we share and use to separate ourselves from the animals so that we can kill them and eat them as a group. Humans have been kil

> [Consciousness] is a construct we share and use to separate ourselves from the animals so that we can kill them and eat them as a group. Humans have been killing other humans for hundreds of thousands of years without having to deny that their victims are conscious. In some cases even stressing this aspect (there have been numerous cultures that believed in various forms of 'capturing souls' of their slain, or eaten, enemies).