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denton-scratch on June 22, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Consciousness is not computation

By observing it's behaviour you can infer that in some sense it experiences the world. Experiencing events isn't the same as being conscious. If I strike a cricket ball, it experiences the blow; but it isn't conscious.

GoblinSlayer on June 22, 2022 [–]

It's how we establish existence of consciousness in humans and other animals. What you said doesn't differentiate between worms and humans.

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