Re: Why Humans are Conscious
- From: claudiusdenk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2007 03:00:45 -0500 (EST)
On Feb 2, 10:18 am, Tim Tyler <seemy...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
claudiusd...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Sure. To some degree. But human consciousness is orders of magnitude
higher than that of any other species, most notably our closest
relatives, chimps.
You have access to a consciousnessometer?
Are you sure it's calibrated right?
Humans seem to be extremely similar to chimps in this
respect - as far as I can see.
Both have a sophisticated model of themselves and
their environment - as both are highly social organisms.
It's plainly obvious that chimp consciousness is closer to the level
of dog consciousness than it is to human consciousness. When was the
last time you carried on a conversation with your dog?
[moderator's note: This morning. Maybe your dog just doesn't like
you enough to talk to you? - JAH]
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