At 9:14 AM -0500 2/25/07, Pollak, Edward wrote:
<snip> .... whatever our definitions of consciousness, I think we could reach something of a consensus that (whatever it is) earthworms, fish, frogs, lizards, and maybe even mice do not have it.
Pigeons have been taught to report internal states, such as whether they are being affected by a psychoactive drug. Can we say that they are 'conscious' of being in that state? If not, what is missing beyond the tautological observation that they are not human?
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