Evolving Consciousness - Sentient Ants Talk about Annoying Mosquitoes
Radio shows by ants, how the inability to withstand the charge of a bison accelerated our development of tools and the spread of the digital meme - this week is an absolute doozy to kick off 2022. Pranav and Arvind talk about evolution and the development of what we call consciousness. What is intelligence and how is it different from consciousness? Is self-awareness a requisite for being conscious or is that just because of our human-centric look at life and existence? Reading List:Metazoa - Peter Godfrey-SmithConsciousness Explained - Daniel DennettEusociality: Origin and consequence
