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I don't think it's really the case that "much of this discussion assumes" certain behaviors as being indicative of consciousness. Rather, it has been the case
by jbotz 2y ago
I don't think it's really the case that "much of this discussion assumes" certain behaviors as being indicative of consciousness. Rather, it has been the case until recently that behaviorists pointed to various behaviors as being unique to humans, and jumped to the conclusion that this indicates that humans are conscious and other animals aren't. What has been happening recently is that one by one these behaviors have been show as not being truly unique to humans. It is becoming more and more undeniable that even when humans are fairly unique in the quantity of some of these characteristics, none of them are completely absent in all other animals, and many can be found to some degree even in very simple animals.
- squigz 2y agoI think we're going to realize soon that consciousness isn't really all that complex
- poikroequ 2y agoI believe consciousness started off simple but evolved to become much more complex. Like how eyesight began with simple photosensitive cells.
- gunapologist99 2y agoEven if I agree, I still have trouble seeing how simple photosensitive cells evolved into even a simplified view[0]. If you see what I mean. 0. https://www.aao.org/eye-health/anatomy/parts-of-eye https://www.aao.org/eye-health/anatomy/parts-of-eye
- poikroequ 2y agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution_of_the_eye https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution_of_the_eye