we may be more aware of feelings because we have the social ability to communicate them, but they may still be fairly primitive functions.
Like sometimes my cat would get butthurt and twitch his tail, I could tell he was feeling annoyed, but there was nothing much going on in his head other that the food was 30 seconds late in appearing and the staff were useless
we may be more aware of feelings because we have the social ability to communicate them,
but they may still be fairly primitive functions.
Like sometimes my cat would get butthurt and twitch his tail, I could tell he was feeling annoyed, but there was nothing much going on in his head other that the food was 30 seconds late in appearing and the staff were useless
Sure, it's a spectrum (our rich experience of feeling and awareness being the most sophisticated apex of it). Some simpler forms of life have sensation in the absence of a brain organ. Still, there's no reason to think that the chemistry which makes even primitive sensation possible is simple or that the result is replicable via non-organic means.
Sure, it's a spectrum (our rich experience of feeling and awareness being the most sophisticated apex of it). Some simpler forms of life have sensation in the absence of a brain organ. Still, there's no reason to think that the chemistry which makes even primitive sensation possible is simple or that the result is replicable via non-organic means.
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