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by driverdan 2520 days ago
There is absolutely no evidence to support that claim, nor is there any plausible reason to believe it.
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There is absolutely no evidence to support any claims at all regarding consciousness, in any direction.

We know literally zero about the natural basis for consciousness -- and I mean zero -- and so that claim (better known as "panpsychism" if you want to research it) is pretty much as plausible as any other at this point. And it's been taken pretty seriously by a great number of scientists and philosophers over the centuries.

It has no more plausibility than there being a giant pink dragon in my garage.