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If materialism is true, the United States is probably conscious

35 points · 103 comments · ashergill

  1. _alternator_ · · focus · HN ↗
    Materialism implies Panpsychism. Not a surprise, but this is put forward in a confrontational way.

    The real question for Panpsychism is not whether something is or is not conscious, but conscious of what. If everything is aware, what is this thing we have that a rock doesn't seem to have (but LLMs might have)? I'm basically sold on the premise of Panpsychism, but we do have to recognize that when we say "consciousness", we aren't always talking about the same thing.

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