They won’t be literally identical: they’ll differ in many ways, like physical details, cognitive expression and behavioural influence. They’re separate instantiations of the same broad class of functions or capacities.
I would say the number of times a function or capacity is realized in a brain can be relevant, but it seems pretty unlikely to me that a person can experience suffering hundreds of times simultaneously (and hundreds of times more than chickens, say). Rethink Priorities looked into these kinds of views here. (I’m a co-author on that article, but I don’t work at Rethink Priorities anymore, and I’m not speaking on their behalf.)
FWIW, I started very pro-neuron counts (I defended them here and here), and then others at RP, collaborators and further investigation myself moved me away from the view.
FWIW, I started very pro-neuron counts (I defended them here and here), and then others at RP, collaborators and further investigation myself moved me away from the view.
They won’t be literally identical: they’ll differ in many ways, like physical details, cognitive expression and behavioural influence. They’re separate instantiations of the same broad class of functions or capacities.
I would say the number of times a function or capacity is realized in a brain can be relevant, but it seems pretty unlikely to me that a person can experience suffering hundreds of times simultaneously (and hundreds of times more than chickens, say). Rethink Priorities looked into these kinds of views here. (I’m a co-author on that article, but I don’t work at Rethink Priorities anymore, and I’m not speaking on their behalf.)
FWIW, I started very pro-neuron counts (I defended them here and here), and then others at RP, collaborators and further investigation myself moved me away from the view.
Oh, interesting. That moves my needle.