While assuming that other human-looking things are conscious is a reasonable starting point, it certainly isn’t a given.
There seems to be a wide variety of thinking processes. Some folks don’t have internal monologues. Some folks can’t visualize images at all, and the ones that do, do it will varying amount of detail.
Isn’t it also reasonable that other humans have different degrees of consciousness, including perhaps not having one?
There seems to be a wide variety of thinking processes. Some folks don’t have internal monologues. Some folks can’t visualize images at all, and the ones that do, do it will varying amount of detail.
Isn’t it also reasonable that other humans have different degrees of consciousness, including perhaps not having one?