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the weight of evidence indicates that humans are not unique in possessing the neurological substrates that generate consciousness.

I 100% agree with that statement, and I’ve been saying that for 30 years. Consciousness is NOT unique to humans.
That idea seems to me to mostly stem from religion.

But I still don’t see this paper really doing much in DEFINING Consciousness, it’s more defining what it isn’t.

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technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

But I still don’t see this paper really doing much in DEFINING Consciousness, it’s more defining what it isn’t.

Yeah there’s no clear definition in there.

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futatorius@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

That idea seems to me to mostly stem from religion.

It also was strongly pushed by Skinner and other behaviorists, though I’m not sure they’d agree that humans are conscious either.

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- Buffalox@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  Isn’t Skinner a relic that is mostly irrelevant by now?
  I remember reading about him 25 years ago and writing a paper on it, and I seem to remember he was way way off on consciousness. Even by the standards back then.
  
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