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#649 - Anil Seth - Does Your Brain Hallucinate Conscious Reality?
Modern Wisdom
The Problem With the Definition of Consciousness
Most commonly used definition of consciousness doesn't really provide a threshold which is part of the problem. It means that it takes a while for that aspect of self-consciousness to develop in humans. At the other end you might say something about responsiveness to pain and here I have a lot more sympathy so you can look at what animals will do when they are subjected to something damaging or painful. Do we tend the wound? Do we go to somewhere where there's anesthetic available? Do we change our whole organization of our behavior so as to aid recovery? In my feeling pain is important if a species, if a creature has the ability to suffer then it's really deserving of a place in this
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