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return2ozma@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

A 'Third State' Exists Between Life and Death—And That Suggests Your Cells Are Conscious, Some Scientists Say

www.popularmechanics.com

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A 'Third State' Exists Between Life and Death—And That Suggests Your Cells Are Conscious, Some Scientists Say

www.popularmechanics.com

return2ozma@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago
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A growing number of new studies have found that, at least for some cells, death isn’t the end, but the beginning of something wholly unexpected.

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    all you have to do is water down what ‘consiousness’ is and boom individual cells are conscious. why stop there, lets get down to conscious molecules whynot.

    pffft. what a dogshit premise.

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      This is basically the idea behind Integrated Information Theory, where even quantum particles have some nominal amount of “consciousness” because they interact with and affect their environment.

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    Popular Mechanics. Enough said.

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