“Animals experience consciousness in essentially the same way humans do”
Agree
- Similar brain structures and neurons
- They clearly feel pain and joy
- Evolution is continuous not discrete
- Behavior shows complex inner lives
- Human exceptionalism is arrogance
Disagree
- Language creates unique consciousness
- Self-awareness is distinctly human
- We project our experience onto them
- Degree matters more than kind
- Higher cognition changes everything
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