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Animals conscious say leading neuroscientists
- lutusp 14y agoGranted that this isn't science, it's less controversial than it may appear, because it doesn't identify a border between "conscious" and "unconscious." Most people will grant consciousness to animals that pass the mirror test: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirror_test http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirror_test But those same people would draw the "conscious" line somewhere above amoebas. That's a lot of territory, and a meaningful border can't be drawn without actually defining "consciousness", which no one seems willing to do.