This (the OP) is blatant political spam / concern trolling. It doesn’t deserve a response.
nshepperd
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- nshepperd 26 Jun 2020 22:22 UTC−10 points0 ∶ 0in reply to: Michelle Graham’s comment on: Slate Star Codex, EA, and self-reflection
This (the OP) is blatant political spam / concern trolling. It doesn’t deserve a response.
Are experts really divided on the question of insect consciousness? Or is it that some are pulling some sleight of hand by redefining “consciousness” to refer to easier questions such as planning and spatial awareness (“primary consciousness”) which consist of capabilities little more advanced than has a program like AlphaGo or a micromouse entrant?
This point seems like it deserves to be more directly addressed, given how important it is. If insects are not conscious (which seems like the far more likely case) then all the rest of this doesn’t matter at all.
For instance, this is fine if the “isolated parts” lack phenomenal consciousness, which is even more likely than whole insects lacking it.