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		sean_patel on Dec 2, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Harvard research suggests an entire generation has... > You can't measure it? Doesn't exist, then. By that notion, do you also conclude that human don't have consciousness?

dpark on Dec 2, 2016 [–]

Maybe? Consciousness is pretty ill defined. If you define it such that it can be measured, then the measurement answers the question. If you define it such that it cannot be measured, then I think it's kind of meaningless.

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