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allow the mind to come to rest consciousness is prior to mental activity

• photochemsyn 3y ago
  By this definition, ants, trees, and mountains are conscious. A valid viewpoint, although hard to explain to people who think humans are somehow fundamentally different from chimpanzees. Now, I don't think chimpanzees have ever been shown to engage in conscious agriculture, have they? Learning to start fires, is a debatable question.
  • gpvos 3y ago
    Agriculture came pretty late in human development too. You sure we were unconscious before that, or even before language? Conscious - and intelligent - tool use has been observed at least in crows and apes.