"Consciousness must be emergent": researcher argues it's a gradual product of evolution
ZeroStateReflex · x · 2026-09-11
sonyasupposedly argues that consciousness must be emergent because it is a product of evolution: like other cognito-sensory capacities such as vision, there is no single tipping point — the increase is gradual.
A short philosophical position statement in the ongoing debate over the origins of consciousness.
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