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[–] 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Are we? Like even if you believe in the sliding scale it feels preposterous to assert there isn't some breakpoint (even a fuzzy one) between inorganic thing that doesn't experience and organic thing that does

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago

    My stance is that if we can define, measure, and test experience, then it's science. But "experience" is a pretty vague term, and the way it's used is pretty human-centric. To me "experience" isn't so much a sliding scale thing that's actually measurable in nature as much as it's a human construct. If you ask me, if there's a fuzzy breakpoint, it's due to the word's ambiguous definition, not reality.

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