If that’s true, it means that sentience isn’t something you either have or don’t have. There can be varying amounts of it. Also, someone whose brain has been slowed down would be less intelligent by most measures, so this is some evidence that sentience correlates with intelligence.
It suggests that sentience is even more poorly defined that intelligence.
By “sentience” I mean something having qualia. It’s well-defined. It’s just impossible to test for.
This should already set off alarm bells. But even if you are unpacking sentience the way you are doing, what makes you think that intelligence is at all connected to the amount of qualia?
It suggests that sentience is even more poorly defined that intelligence.
By “sentience” I mean something having qualia. It’s well-defined. It’s just impossible to test for.
Well, not quite impossible. The Doomsday Argument gives some evidence. But that’s pretty limited.
This should already set off alarm bells. But even if you are unpacking sentience the way you are doing, what makes you think that intelligence is at all connected to the amount of qualia?
Ahh. Qualia.