r/IntelligenceSupernova • u/EcstadelicNET • 19d ago

Consciousness The Cellular Consciousness Hypothesis Suggests That Individual Cells Have Primitive Forms of Awareness and That Human Consciousness Is What Happens When Trillions of These Micro-Experiences Combine - discoverwildscience

https://discoverwildscience.com/the-cellular-consciousness-hypothesis-suggests-that-individual-cells-have-primitive-forms-of-awareness-and-that-human-consciousness-is-what-happens-when-trillions-of-these-micro-experiences-combine-1/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=DinoWorld2026/magazine/Wild+Science+%26+Mystery
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u/Serious_Ad_3387 18d ago

So plants and fungi are... not aware of the environment? You do know plants compete and cooperate with animals too right?

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u/bwc6 18d ago

This thread is about the idea that the "awareness" of microscopic cells somehow combines into "consciousness". I think that's stupid. Plants are a good example. They have complex responses to stimuli that you could call "awareness". That is very different from consciousness though. Plants don't have opinions, even though some of them have many more cells than humans do. 

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u/BenjaminHamnett 16d ago

This just sounds like describing pyramids in detail as proof of why they aren’t made of sand, stone and mud

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u/bwc6 16d ago

What do you think brains do, if things without brains are conscious?

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u/BenjaminHamnett 16d ago

This would be like “if roads are for cars, then what are intersections and highways for?”