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PÒINT OUT
THAT EMOTIONS ARE ALGORITHMS,
AND THAT NO KNOWN ALGORITHM REQUIRES CONSCIOUSNESS
IN ORDER TO FUNCTION?! Whenever an animal displays complex emotional behavior,
we cannot prove that this is not the result of some very sophisticated but non-conscious algorithm!

This argument, of course, can be applied to humans too?! Everything a human does - including reporting
on allegedly conscious states - might in theory be the work of non-conscious algorithms. In the case of humans,
we nevertheless assume that whenever someone reports that (s)he is conscious, we can take their word for it......
Based on this minimal assumption, we can today identify the brain signatures of consciousness, which can then
be used systematically to differentiate conscious from non-conscious states in humans. Yet since animal brains
share many features with human brains, as our understanding of the signatures of consciousness deepens, we
might be able to use them to determine if and when other animals are conscious.

If a canine brain shows similar patterns to those
of a conscious human brain, this
will provide strong evidence
that dogs áre
conscious.

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