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> consciousness is not a binary thing (either on or off) doesn't mean it can't exist at all. It can be a spectrum. I would categorize consciousness as binary.
by YetAnotherNick 4y ago
> consciousness is not a binary thing (either on or off) doesn't mean it can't exist at all. It can be a spectrum.
I would categorize consciousness as binary. What you are talking is intelligence in general that rat are more intelligent than butterflies.
- V-2 4y ago> What you are talking is intelligence in general that rat are more intelligent than butterflies. Not necessarily. One human can be more intelligent than another just the same (even if the gap is orders of magnitude smaller, naturally). It doesn't seem obvious to me at all than it implies being more conscious.
- simonh 4y agoMy experience of consciousness certainly isn't binary. I slip in and out of consciousness when I'm waking up in bed on a weekend all the time. The first person experience is of a very nuanced continuously sliding scale of awareness and cognitive coherence.