(January 16, 2023 at 4:15 am)Dmitry1983 Wrote:(January 16, 2023 at 12:54 am)Paleophyte Wrote: Pain is little more than a damage indicator. Don't do this, it hurts. About as complicated as a check engine light. There's some pretty obvious survival advantage to avoiding an unnecessarily punctured hide.Awareness/subjective experience seem to be unnecessary for proper external behavior.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blindsight
But people with blindsight are aware and are having subjective experiences.
Boru
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