(January 14, 2023 at 6:13 am)GrandizerII Wrote:(January 13, 2023 at 10:14 am)Dmitry1983 Wrote: Subjective experience seems to be too complex to be just a by-product. We can't even reproduce a single artificial quale.
Maybe, but we don't know. Nobody has a clue how consciousness works, and while it seems like consciousness is not necessary for our survival, maybe one day this will be shown to be false.
Last I checked the ability to plan for tomorrow was a survival advantage. Other organisms can only adapt as quickly as evolution changes them from generation to generation. Conscious organisms can adapt their behaviour from one instant to the next while evolution is still tying its sneakers.
