It's not obvious to me that a baby has consciousness. I don't remember anything from before I was 2 or 3. Isn't a newborn almost an automaton? Or rather, how can you prove that it is not?
There are people with brain damage, that loose short- or long-term memory. Are they conscious?
This whole debate is very grey area and one could argue from either position and never prove anything (which is one of the reasons I like to read and think about what make us 'us').
This whole debate is very grey area and one could argue from either position and never prove anything (which is one of the reasons I like to read and think about what make us 'us').