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UFOs wrote I'm surprised about this, because I was talking about this to my friend today, but I doubt it could know it was thinking, but for the best explanation I guess it would be like a plant, it's living but does all the natural things but doesn't know it's doing it.
I thought about this for a while and came to the conclusion that it wouldn't be able to think.
For consciousness to develop we need interaction with and information from the external world.
This is how we develop our image of "self" as opposed to "not self", a baby starts to learn the difference between self and not-self by experimenting and interacting with its environment.
From this separation of self from not-self we develop an internalized reflexive self-model, which becomes the basis for our self-awareness.
A creature with no senses at all could not even start to form the basic concept of self and not-self, hence could not develop the internalized reflexive self-model required for self-awareness and therefore consciousness.
Basically, it wouldn't know that 'it' exists, which is what is needed for consciousness and thought.
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Hmm the new-born years are the most crucial years of growth to the toddler like walking, talking, thinking, etc. Not sure if it can survive on its own since it seems hard to train the baby when they can't even communicate to the outside world. Hmm
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This is really interesting.
It actually blows my mind sorta and you just thought of it? Lol, impressive. As for the thinking, I'm really not sure. I mean... darkness. Is thinking a natural occurrence in the growth of a human? Or does it adapt to surroundings. Would the child just be like in a vegetable state, with no intelligence but with the ability to live.
Let's say this child could think, he wouldn't know anything better or different. Life would be darkness, although it would've been hard to survive in the past. With our modern society they could survive. They couldn't develop though, so no I don't think they would be of any intelligence.
But the thinking question... Wow.
It actually blows my mind sorta and you just thought of it? Lol, impressive. As for the thinking, I'm really not sure. I mean... darkness. Is thinking a natural occurrence in the growth of a human? Or does it adapt to surroundings. Would the child just be like in a vegetable state, with no intelligence but with the ability to live.
Let's say this child could think, he wouldn't know anything better or different. Life would be darkness, although it would've been hard to survive in the past. With our modern society they could survive. They couldn't develop though, so no I don't think they would be of any intelligence.
But the thinking question... Wow.
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it would be considered a vegetable.
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steezyiz1337 wrote it would be considered a vegetable.
No... not if it has all the essentials to living on it's own. With the ability to eat and have a functioning body.
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