Mind, Consciousness: Human or Also Animals, AI?
March 13, 2026
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as posted by the channelMind is the experience of having experiences (consciousness or meta-experience) coupled with theories about other minds and about the world.
Do we have a mind when we are unconscious? Is the mind always there, lurking as a potential, turned on and off by the environment and circumstances?
If the mind can be turned on and off externally, it is context-dependent and relational rather than innate and immanent.
Are the theories which constitute the second determinant of the mind experienced by consciousness?
Are these theories merely a species of experience?
Are they coded programs or the products of such wetware?
Is the mind just such a program with consciousness as its product (or vice versa)?
If so, do animals have minds? Clearly, they are programmed - but do they experience anything, these programs or their products included? Do they experience having experiences (are they conscious)?
What about artificial intelligence? It is no doubt founded on theories, programs, codes and their products. But is it the product of these - or their instigator? If the latter, is there an AI experiencing?
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