My inner metric for assessing whether something is conscious is to consider whether it would be meaningful for it to be unconscious. I can fairly readily imagine an anaesthetised fly, but I strongly suspect that a paramecium (say) just doesn't have the necessary wiring.
Would be a fun set of experiments for someone to do, mind.
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Date: 2005-10-24 04:04 pm (UTC)Would be a fun set of experiments for someone to do, mind.