would you also claim that species with slower metabolism have less lived experience than those with faster metabolism
Yeah, as an initial hypothesis I would guess that faster brain metabolism often means that more total information processing is occurring, although this rule isn’t perfect because the amount of information processing per unit of energy used can vary. Also, the sentience or “amount of experience” of a brain needn’t be strictly proportional to information processing.
In 2016 I wrote some amateur speculations on this idea, citing the Healy et al. (2013) paper.
That shrew thing is fascinating!
Yeah, as an initial hypothesis I would guess that faster brain metabolism often means that more total information processing is occurring, although this rule isn’t perfect because the amount of information processing per unit of energy used can vary. Also, the sentience or “amount of experience” of a brain needn’t be strictly proportional to information processing.
In 2016 I wrote some amateur speculations on this idea, citing the Healy et al. (2013) paper.