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Originally Posted by Acting Like Godot  Yes I do see consciousness as different from thought. Simple example - a grasshopper is conscious, and so are you. However, if a grasshopper thinks at all, the nature of its thought would be very, very different from yours. |
I agree to disagree and the terminology is very limiting. The word thought can be used to grasp the concept of consciousness as in 'I think therefore I am' and to reference the grasshoper is to maybe imply that a grasshoper is conscious but when? Independently? Only in conscious awareness?
The grasshoper can't exist until consciousness is aware of it, so to say a grasshoper is conscious means to say it is only a part of consciousness when consciousness is there to observe it. As it is observed, it is created. Of course this is from the SR POV, so this discussion is subject to each person's independent POV. You will state your opinion subject to what you believe, doesn't make it right or wrong.
Max