On Mon, Apr 26, 2021 at 10:08 PM 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List < [email protected]> wrote:
* > I think JKC is wrong when he says "few if any believe other people are > conscious all the time, only during those times that corresponds to the > times they behave intelligently." I generally assume people are conscious > if their eyes are open and they respond to stimuli, even if they are doing > something dumb.* That is not an unreasonable assumption, but responding to stimuli is behavior. So being a practical man I'll bet you wouldn't still think they're conscious when their eyes are open but their heart hasn't had a beat in several hours nor have they taken a breath during that time and rigor mortis has set in and they've started to smell bad. John K Clark See what's on my new list at Extropolis <https://groups.google.com/g/extropolis> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAJPayv2ySypS-0sdAb1cz3Q76KgvuTN0kSFqe2tayPG8SAe2FQ%40mail.gmail.com.
