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organicAnt · 3683 days ago · link · · parent · post: Ask Hubski: Animal Rights and medicine - a hypothetical
Fair point. I don't put aside the possibility that consciousness may exist outside of the brain. In which case it may be wise to use the precautionary principle and approach all of existence with respect, until we figure out what actually is, this thing we call consciousness.Hell, if consciousness is the result of any large enough spacial pattern, it may be enough that the particles in a liquid are thoughts created and destroyed. A crowd of enough humans may be enough to form a primitive, "higher" consciousness.