We May Be Surrounded by Trillions of Conscious Beings, Research Suggests—And They Aren’t Human
(www.popularmechanics.com)
mechanistic process of wavefunction collapse through gravity, somehow suggesting that gravity is responsible for the appearance of our conscious thoughts in our heads??
I mean, it's the same question as Plato's cave, or "if a tree falls in the forest..."
It's not new, we just have more science to describe it.
But that's a different question entirely.
I’ve just been convinced by my dog that I have a more developed level of conciseness compared to him, just as he has a more developed sense of smell compared to me.
No, what sets human apart is how we can communicate in detail and specifics. A single human conciouness sucks, it needs to learn from others. Just like a well trained dog will seem smart. It can't speak, but it can listen if someone teaches it.
Which is why shit gets so fucked up when people stop communicating and get tribal about shit. And why nothing speeds up technological advances than increasing communication speed, up to a point which caused the current plateau.