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minus-squareAeroLemming@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 months agoI am not saying bacteria are conscious. I am saying that as a fungus (or bacterium), you wouldn’t be aware of environmental collapse because you wouldn’t be aware of anything. You wouldn’t suffer.
minus-squareEvil_Shrubbery@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-28 months agoBut how do you know that anyone except yourself can suffer or ‘be aware’? If fungi can make decisions based on data, isn’t that what we do with neurons?
I am not saying bacteria are conscious. I am saying that as a fungus (or bacterium), you wouldn’t be aware of environmental collapse because you wouldn’t be aware of anything. You wouldn’t suffer.
But how do you know that anyone except yourself can suffer or ‘be aware’?
If fungi can make decisions based on data, isn’t that what we do with neurons?