The discovery of a biological “third state” between life and death suggests that our cells may possess a form of consciousness. Science is divided.
Cellular Consciousness: Life Does Not End With the Death of the Body.
Submitted 5 days ago by Bee@mander.xyz to science@mander.xyz
https://en.futuroprossimo.it/2025/02/coscienza-cellulare-la-vita-non-finisce-con-la-morte-del-corpo/
Sal@mander.xyz 5 days ago
Always exciting to learn about new perspectives on consciousness!
I have searched for the “Cellular Basis of Consciousness (CBC)” theory and I do not personally find it very compelling. I appreciate that the hard problem of consciousness is very difficult to address using the scientific method, but I suspect that consciousness arises from a form of processing that requires computations of the kind performed by animal brains. I don’t think that the kind of biophysics that allows cells to sense and respond to the environment are enough to create a conscious experience.
About the: “third state”. Cells are alive, independently of the multi-cellular organism that they come from. I don’t agree that changing the way that the cells are organized constitutes some “third state”.
Despite my disagreements, it is still nice to read and think about. Thanks for sharing.