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From: stevens@prodigal.psych.rochester.edu (Greg Stevens)
Subject: Re: Thought Question
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In <1995Jan17.161446.11851@walter.cray.com> mwd@cray.com (Mark Dalton) writes:

>	Also you will need to recognize minds and brains across organisms
>are VERY different.  I could not say that if one has a brain, he then
>can has consciousness/self-awareness/or understanding.

What is something which has a brain which you think is not conscious? What
do you take as evidence in human behavior that they have more consciousness
than any other animal with its behaviors?

Greg Stevens

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