Great Illusion by Paul Singh

Author:Paul Singh
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Independent Publishers Group
Published: 2016-05-15T16:00:00+00:00

As for human brains, we depend on properly functioning cortexes to realize how we are aware and sentient and to think about what being conscious is like. Animals with small cortexes aren’t doing all that, much less talking about it. We shouldn’t expect proof of consciousness where none is possible. Prominent neuroscientist Christof Koch relates the following story:

After lecturing about consciousness in animals, I was approached by a lady who emphatically exclaimed, “You will never be able to convince me that a monkey is conscious!” “And you can never convince me that you are conscious,” I retorted. She was taken aback by my response, but then the light of understanding dawned on her face: The inability to feel what a monkey, a dog, or a bird feels applies to people as well, though to a lesser degree. Consider a spy working undercover, a cheating lover, or a professional actor. They fake feelings of trust, patriotism, love, or friendship. You can never be absolutely confident about the feelings of anybody! You can watch their eyes, parse what they say, but in the end you cannot truly know their mind by observing them.16

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