Dear Researchers,
in the tests of consciousness of animals that I heard about, the result always was either "yes" or "no".
I have been wondering if there is any scale-like measure of consciousness.
Could there be different kinds of "consciousnesses"?
Could someone (animal or maybe human baby) be more conscious than another?
Or is consciousness an attribute to either have or not have?
Maybe you are aware of any such research/definitions or would like to start a discussion here? :)
Have a happy weekend!
Jaqueline
"with ignorance as condition, volitional formations come to be; with volitional formations as condition, consciousness; with consciousness, name-and-form . . ."
"with the cessation of name-and-form comes cessation of consciousness; with the cessation of consciousness comes cessation of name-and-form"
"when there is no name-and-form, consciousness does not come to be"
"with consciousness unestablished, the clansman Godhika has attained final Nibbana"
(Samyutta Nikaya)
Thank you for your answers!
@Jimmy Y. Zhong: Do you mean that a better way to detect or classify consciousness is to look at brain images/videos? Is there a concrete study you have in mind?
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