This is not another article about someone brooding and wondering if they are the only conscious person while everyone else is just a mindless bot. I believe most humans, at some stage in their life, have had these thoughts. Even though it’s impossible to get into another person’s head to verify this, we can often say we feel a profound connection with certain people, knowing they are not mindless bots acting for our entertainment.Consciousness in humans and animalsThe definition of consciousn...

This is not another article about someone brooding and wondering if they are the only conscious person while everyone else is just a mindless bot. I believe most humans, at some stage in their life, have had these thoughts. Even though it’s impossible to get into another person’s head to verify this, we can often say we feel a profound connection with certain people, knowing they are not mindless bots acting for our entertainment.Consciousness in humans and animalsThe definition of consciousn...