On 3/31/2018 1:30 AM, Russell Standish wrote:
On Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 05:14:21PM +0100, Bruno Marchal wrote:
Now, is a jellyfish conscious?
I bet they are, but not far away from the dissociative and constant
arithmetical consciousness (of the universal machines).
As I'm sure you're aware, I disagree with this. Jellyfish appear to be
quite simple automatons, with a distributed neural network, not any
brain as such. However, my main reason for disagreeing is that
anthropic reasoning leads us to conclude that most species of animal
are not conscious. Our most typical animal is a nematode (for instance
your favourite - the planarians), but even most insects cannot be
conscious either.
In these discussions I always wonder what kind of consciousness is meant?
1. Perception. light/dark acid/base touch...
2. Self location relative to things. Prey/predators
3. Self relative to others. Sex and territory and rivals
4. Abstractions. Number geometries
5. Self reflection. Theory of minds. Language
Brent
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