<div dir="ltr"><div>As Clinton famously said, it depends upon what you mean by conscious.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">For this poor Behaviorist, Consciousness is behaving in relation to some feature of your world.</div><div dir="auto">Gutta run   Certainly birds, and maybe plants.  <br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"> N<br><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jun 11, 2024 at 3:59 PM Prof David West <<a href="mailto:profwest@fastmail.fm" target="_blank">profwest@fastmail.fm</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)">animals are conscious? The author studies birds as did/does Nick (when not obsessed with dry lines).<br>
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<a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2024/06/new-anthropomorphism/678611/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2024/06/new-anthropomorphism/678611/</a><br>
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are humans conscious; as well as every cell of their body?<br>
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<a href="https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a61059424/every-cell-in-your-body-could-be-conscious/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a61059424/every-cell-in-your-body-could-be-conscious/</a><br>
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