bart wrote:
> On 11/04/2010 04:59 PM, Darren New wrote:
>> bart wrote:
>>> > I think you can be conscious without being self-aware. I'm pretty sure
>>>> that, for example, chickens would be considered conscious, even tho
>>>> they're probably not self-aware.
>>
>>> Yes, it is convenient to think so, but on the other hand they probably
>>> are.
>>
>> No, they probably aren't. You can test such things, you know. Dolphins,
>> gorillas, a few others probably are, including some birds.
>>
>> Chickens and fish probably aren't.
>>
> You are right, it would be difficult to eat them otherwise.

Yes, certainly, because it's all a big conspiracy to let you eat such 
creatures with a clear conscience.

If you weren't trolling, you'd instead say "Gee, that's interesting, tell me 
how you can possibly measure such a thing?"

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   Serving Suggestion:
     "Don't serve this any more. It's awful."

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