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		mikekchar on May 18, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Electrons May Well Be Conscious I think the point is not that you disbelieve in your own consciousness but rather that you misinterpret what it is. It must exist: cognito, ergo sum, but this does not imply that you understand its nature.

_y5hn on May 18, 2020 [–]

Exactly, it's a mystery.

It's also basis for humanism, since if nobody has consciousness, there's no reason to keep humans around.

So it is existential, untestable and unprovable.

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