RE: Theory number 3.
October 29, 2012 at 3:30 pm
(This post was last modified: October 29, 2012 at 3:32 pm by Edwardo Piet.)
@ Rhythm, I agree, if all animals are instinctual that doesn't mean none of them are conscious. Instincts aren't necessarily unconscious therefore. I was thinking as instincts as unconscious because most of our instincts that drive us probably are unconscious.
Most instincts are unconscious maybe, but not all.
I agree that logically consciousness need not require neurons. It is just that we gain evidence for consciousness by extrapolating the evidence of our own consciousness. So the less like us something is, the harder it is to find evidence of its consciousness, this is true whether it is conscious or not. Maybe this is evidence it has no consciousness, or less consciousness or maybe it just means that its consciousness is less like ours.
Most instincts are unconscious maybe, but not all.
I agree that logically consciousness need not require neurons. It is just that we gain evidence for consciousness by extrapolating the evidence of our own consciousness. So the less like us something is, the harder it is to find evidence of its consciousness, this is true whether it is conscious or not. Maybe this is evidence it has no consciousness, or less consciousness or maybe it just means that its consciousness is less like ours.