We May Be Surrounded by Trillions of Conscious Beings, Research Suggests—And They Aren’t Human
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Published in POPULAR MECHANICS by Susan Lahey
We May Be Surrounded by Trillions of Conscious Beings, Research Suggests—And They Aren’t Human We might need to reconsider our position in the consciousness hierarchy.
“… what if consciousness isn’t a feature limited solely to humans—and what if we’re actually wildly outnumbered by a planet full of other conscious beings? As it turns out, a handful of studies suggest that might just be the case.”
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“…Humans tend to reduce such surprising plant behavior to chemical reactions and evolutionary biology rather than intelligence and consciousness, but what is human functioning besides biology, electronic, and neurochemical firings? Perhaps it’s time we rethink our standing as the “most conscious” beings on planet Earth.”