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Didn't scientists train brain cells to exclusively play Doom? It's like their whole conscience is stuck in a video game version of hell through a brain in a vat experience.
Not really. It's not nearly enough cells to have any kind of consciousness as we know it. A few neurons learning to play a game is a far cry from tying a being into a simulation of hell.
I dunno. Some life forms have only a few brain cells. It could mean their whole world for those little cells, wouldn't it?
It is definitely their entire world, but the point is it takes far more than a few cells to create actual human-relatable sentience.
That's coming from someone who fully understands and knows that many more animals than most humans care to admit also have sentience.
Those petri dishes are not sentient nor conscious.
exclusively play Doom?
How dare they take away their right to variety! /s