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How can I prove that potatoes lack the ability to think? (sh.itjust.works)

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[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

First you have to define what "think" is.

Is it being self-aware? Is it responding to stimuli? Is it having brainwaves, or just a brain?

Then you have to ask if thought is something we would always recognize. Could something think in a way that is totally recognizable to us but is still thought? Do computers think? Why or why not?

[–] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

First you have to define what “think” is.

That’s your answer right there—just define thinking as whatever a potato doesn’t.