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In reply to the discussion: Quantum Physicists and their take on Consciousness [View all]DetlefK
(16,423 posts)The rock is just as good at perceiving the quantum-mechanical world as a human body: electronic excitation, creating solid-state pseudo-particles, chemical bonds, shifts in energy-levels and density-of-states... A rock and a human body aren't different in that respect. The physics are exactly the same.
The rock obviously has very limited capabilities of reacting to quantum-mechanical stimulus compared to a human body, but that point is beyond the scope of the topic at hand.
Why are adults self-conscious but babies aren't?
What happens to people who lose their self-consciousness again due to mental illness?
Why are some animals self-conscious but others are not?
Because consciousness isn't some thing you either have or not have.
Consciousness is an attribute of computing systems and has to be measured on a sliding scale.
I'm not promoting an appeal-to-authority. I said, we shouldn't believe everything a celebrity said purely because that celebrity was known for being smart. If an idea is correct, it is correct no matter who said it.