On Tue, Mar 20, 2018 at 7:27 PM, Bruce Kellett <[email protected]>
wrote:


> ​*>​*
> *You don't need an instrument that can give a clean yes/no answer to the
> presence of consciousness to develop scientific theories about
> consciousness. We can start with the observation that all normal healthy
> humans are conscious, and that rocks and other inert objects are not
> conscious and work from there to develop a science of consciousness, based
> on evidence from the observation of behaviour.*
>

But if it was all based on the observation of behavior then what you'd end
up with is a scientific theory about intelligence not consciousness.

​ ​
John K Clark



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