>This hypothetical is doing a lot of heavy lifting. Not really. Point is that unless you believe in mysticism/magic/spiritualism behind consciousness in the br

>This hypothetical is doing a lot of heavy lifting. Not really. Point is that unless you believe in mysticism/magic/spiritualism behind consciousness in the brain then it doesn't matter because the only difference is degree of understanding not implausibility. >So do you think that an ant colony has subjective experience? Sure it could. I don't know for sure. Nobody does. Humans don't see subjective experience. I can't prove that you have one. I'm just assuming you do. Same as you for anyone else.