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I recently learned that some people do not have an inner monologue. This knowledge now affects my assumptions about consciousness and whether it’s really knowa

• alfiedotwtf 2y ago
  As an Aphantasian, this! Because there’s no rigorous scientific definition of what consciousness is, and you can’t even just roughly point to it, just like most quasi-sciences it’s all up for debate. From my perspective, the only people questioning whether or not non-humans have consciousness are coming from a religious perspective trying to reconcile their cognitive dissonance