cladking
Well-Known Member
No, you originally stated that ALL LIFE have consciousness.
No.
I said life is consciousness and all life is individual.
I choose not to discuss the consciousness that applies to acorns and cut flowers.
And you stated that life cannot exist without consciousness.
No. Life is consciousness. Every living individual is conscious by definition. No non-living thing is conscious now on earth.
But now you are changing what you are saying, claiming now there are some exceptions.
Nope. No exceptions. By definition.
Now you are saying bacteria, trees and acorns don’t have consciousness or limited consciousness.
No. Slime molds are conscious. Trees are conscious. Obviously a bouquet of roses doesn't have much consciousness. If you run a willow tree through a lumber mill and plant all the 2 by 4's a few will probably grow. There is often an indeterminant line between alive and dead. When an ant starts gnawing on an acorn at some point it will die and never become a mighty oak.
No gnarled old tree could come up with the theory of gravity no matter how many Newtons had sat under it. A tree can not stand on the shoulders of giants but they can all find their way out of a paper bag.
You are moving the goalpost...more dishonest tactics.
No. You are moving my goalposts. You are making assumptions that aren't true and extrapolation that fly in the face of definitions.
I have actually asked you older replies (repeatedly) about plants and bacteria, asking if these organisms have consciousness, but NOT ONCE, did you answer me...you just ignored my questions.
Let me try again; consciousness is life and life is consciousness. They are inseparable and always individual. This you can extrapolate if you maintain definitions and adherence to all the logic of nature that you call "natural law".
Just as your so-called laws of mechanics start breaking down on the small scale or the long time period the same thing occurs to living things (sortta). An elephant won't suddenly be immune to the effects of arsenic but simpler life forms can.