1 min readAug 22, 2020
Hi Paul.
I think perhaps you misunderstood my comment. I was suggesting that we should make the distinction, unlike Rucker. So I was trying to agree with you.
Unless, of course, we experience what it is like to be a rock, we will never know whether that is mere consciousness or awareness.
White Feather wrote an article about this some time ago, in not quite the same academic style as you: