(October 13, 2016 at 1:39 am)Arkilogue Wrote: I'm saying the chems would affect their consciousness in the exact same manner as us in that the body is chemically screaming to the action issuing electric mind "OMFG! WTF is that! You need do something about it immediately!"
There's no need for a conscious conception of "self" by the simple organism, but that doesn't mean there is no experiential consciousness there. I imagine it occupies a rudimentary range between "OHSHITOHSHITOHSHIT!!!" and "...nah, I'm good" *munchmunchmunch* with occasional spikes of "hey there you sexy thang!"
Nice word salad there, I'm going to add Italian dressing to it.
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