Optimus_Subprime [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · 6 months agoAnd in the I-Have-No-Mouth-And-I-Must-Scream Dept. | Scientists Connect 16 Mini Brains Made of Human Tissue to Create a "Living Computer"futurism.comexternal-linkmessage-square74fedilinkarrow-up1115arrow-down10
arrow-up1115arrow-down1external-linkAnd in the I-Have-No-Mouth-And-I-Must-Scream Dept. | Scientists Connect 16 Mini Brains Made of Human Tissue to Create a "Living Computer"futurism.comOptimus_Subprime [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square74fedilink
minus-squaremacerated_baby_presidents [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·6 months agoare you saying babies aren’t conscious
minus-squareiridaniotter [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 months agoThey’re sentient. So obviously don’t kill them, but most people would disagree with that logic…
minus-squaremacerated_baby_presidents [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·6 months agoi think most people now think that consciousness doesn’t require being able to communicate in language. hence all the interest in Genie and other feral children, animals looking at themselves in the mirror, etc.
are you saying babies aren’t conscious
They’re sentient. So obviously don’t kill them, but most people would disagree with that logic…
i think most people now think that consciousness doesn’t require being able to communicate in language. hence all the interest in Genie and other feral children, animals looking at themselves in the mirror, etc.