(July 28, 2016 at 10:11 am)Excited Penguin Wrote:(July 28, 2016 at 6:20 am)bennyboy Wrote: That depends what you mean by consciousness. If you mean the ability to process and interact with the environment, yes. If you mean being aware of what things are like (i.e. qualitative experience), then no. There is currently not even a decent theory of consciousness, though Rhythm and a couple others do have theories that they like.
Being aware of what things are like is exactly what processing information and interacting with the environment is, is what I'm saying. No additional mystery.
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