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This article is as absurd as if it had said: "It's official, scientists have discovered the meaning of life!" The gall of these scientists to claim that not on
by samd 14y ago
This article is as absurd as if it had said: "It's official, scientists have discovered the meaning of life!"
The gall of these scientists to claim that not only can they definitively say what consciousness is, but that they can prove that something has it is astonishing.
- dudeanon842 14y agoI say old chap, what audaciousness! Why the nerve of scientists, to claim that not only can they definitively say what gravity is, but that they can prove something has it is astonishing. If you disagree with them, state your case. Mere outrage is not a valid argument.
- drewcrawford 14y ago> The gall of these scientists to claim that not only can they definitively say what consciousness is, That isn't what they say. The author of the article is editorializing, and the HN title needs to be changed. (puts up mod alert spotlight). What they say is what consciousness is not, that is, it does not require a complex brain, that's not a prerequisite. They don't say very much about what it is, just its prerequisites. Buried in their supporting arguments, they state that "birds appear to offer" "parallel evolution" of "near-human-like levels of consciousness". As a non-biologist I am not entirely sure what exactly is meant by that, but it is not within a hundred miles of a "proof".
- samd 14y agoYeah, should've known the article would grossly misrepresent the claims of the scientists.