alt Hacker NewsI guess that just seems like an incredibly arbitrary criteria. Why would the potential for pleasure in the future determine if I am currently conscious even if I am not in fact experiencing pleasure.
I guess that just seems like an incredibly arbitrary criteria. Why would the potential for pleasure in the future determine if I am currently conscious even if I am not in fact experiencing pleasure.
The answer is in your question. You said you are "experiencing consciousness". So you are feeling something, and thus you have consciousness. In otherwords it does not have to be pleasure or pain. The ability to "feel" is where it is at.