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Ants are not Conscious

Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability 2013-02-14 v3 Popular Physics

Abstract

Anthropic reasoning is a form of statistical reasoning based upon finding oneself a member of a particular reference class of conscious beings. By considering empirical distribution functions defined over animal life on Earth, we can deduce that the vast bulk of animal life is unlikely to be conscious.

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@article{arxiv.0802.4121,
  title  = {Ants are not Conscious},
  author = {Russell K. Standish},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0802.4121},
  year   = {2013}
}
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