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But that’s my point! When was it conscious? A million cells? A billion?
by CalRobert 2y ago
But that’s my point! When was it conscious? A million cells? A billion?
- n4r9 2y agoMy hunch is that consciousness will come to be described in terms of information processing systems, rather than the biological substrate on which they run. Systems with certain properties - possibly including a sufficiently complex model of the environment, model of the self, and a continuously updating internal narrative - may be said to possess a level of consciousness. I'm not a biologist and I appreciate that the above is somewhat vague, but I wouldn't say that sperm or egg cells have the above.
- Teever 2y agoIt's the problem of heaps[0] and I think you'll find Michael Levin's fascinating perspective[1] on this topic to be very interesting [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorites_paradox https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorites_paradox [1] https://youtu.be/e5GDnD_WA2Q?si=QQfWr3HsHQarhk-H https://youtu.be/e5GDnD_WA2Q?si=QQfWr3HsHQarhk-H