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On the other hand, the probability that you ask yourself "Am I human or insect" and answer "insect" is very low. Unless you are in a Kafka novel.
by mbrubeck 17y ago
On the other hand, the probability that you ask yourself "Am I human or insect" and answer "insect" is very low. Unless you are in a Kafka novel.
- amichail 17y agoWhy does it matter whether an entity is capable of contemplating this question? What matters is whether it has consciousness/self-awareness.
- mbrubeck 17y agoWhen you say, "So are you extremely lucky? Or is there some other explanation?" you presuppose that "you" are in fact lucky, and you do that because you know there are no insects reading Hacker News or otherwise thinking about this issue.