this post was submitted on 21 Aug 2025

56 points (88.9% liked)

science

21247 readers

308 users here now

A community to post scientific articles, news, and civil discussion.

rule #1: be kind

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

m3t00@lemmy.world

Joleee@lemmy.world

laverabe@lemmy.world

DeadPand@midwest.social

laverabe@lemmy.zip

56

Is Consciousness Everywhere? (thereader.mitpress.mit.edu)

submitted 1 week ago by cm0002@piefed.world to c/science@lemmy.world

32 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Seems like you're talking about metacognition. Not sure that's required for consciousness.

[–] donuts@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Yes, exactly. I find that that is what distinguishes us from animals. "I am happy because of this cool new toy that I got gifted to me because it's my birthday" versus "I am happy because I'm playing with this toy"