On Tue, Sep 17, 2019, at 07:24, 'Cosmin Visan' via Everything List wrote:
> @telmo, same species means same type of consciousness.
"Species" is mostly a convention for creating taxonomies of organisms. In
school we learn that organisms belong to the same species if they can mate and
produce viable offspring. Of course, this is too simplistic when you think
deeper. What about asexual reproduction (which creates a branching tree with
increasing mutation and genetic distance, but no necessarily clear boundaries),
not to speak of hybridization, the weird world of viruses, etc.
I did a DNA test and apparently I am about 4% neanderthal. Does this mean that
I should expect to have a closer type of consciousness to someone who also has
above average neanderthal DNA?
In any case, even if you are correct, it still remains the case that there is
some inter-personal pheneomenon going on, that you can't just dismiss by
saying: "well, X is just an idea in consciousness". Might very well be, but
that doesn't change the game of science, which is to describe a plausible model
and then test it against observable, interpersonal reality.
Telmo.
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