Submitted by usererror99 t3_zyibmd in Futurology
DrunkenOnzo t1_j263b07 wrote
"Consciousness is a word with a definition that keeps changing; and, there is no definitive proof of it's existence"
usererror99 OP t1_j263oft wrote
Okay then what is it?
jharel t1_j269w8i wrote
Consciousness is the state of an entity that possesses both intentionality and qualia.
usererror99 OP t1_j26anez wrote
By that definition a cash register can be conscious. I like the Marriam-Webster definition better.
Edit: I meant to put "can possess consciousness"
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