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		aktuel on April 20, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Insects and Other Animals Have Consciousness, Expe... Of course all animals are conscious to a degree. Otherwise you would have to draw an arbitrary line somewhere which would contradict the gradual nature of evolution.

alserio on April 20, 2024 [–]

isn't the arbitrary line the definition of consciousness? "definition" comes from the latin word for border

aktuel on April 20, 2024 | [–]

Then there would be inevitably a conscious individual in evolutionary history whose parent is not conscious.

alserio on April 20, 2024 | | [–]

yes, or more than one. but doesn't that say more about the metric than about what is measured?

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