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Originally Posted by mcromer Fetuses display aversive behavior towards negative stimuli, much like babies, animals, and even "primitive" organisms like paramecia.
Any attempt to deny qualia to them smacks of a Descartian insistance that vivisected dogs didn't perceive any pain, that their yelps and howls were simply reflex reactions. |
So fetuses and paramecia experience qualia? Cool! Next time someone asks me if a thermostat experiences qualia, I can say yes without hesitation.
Once again, we toss the word
qualia around with abandon.
~~ Paul