Are Babies Conscious?
nytimes.comThis is a bizarre question to ask and frame as an unknown. Anyone who has held or had to watch after a baby can tell you that, although there is plenty of "autopilot" software running the show, there are moments of complete lucidity.
The complete disconnect between journalism and literally the most fundamental of basic human experiences is astounding.
If babies were not conscious then killing them would be no problem. It is their capacity for consciousness (however nascent) that makes them human, and therefore, sacred.
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Interesting. This increased my credence that newborns are conscious / sentient (which had been somewhat low).
Off topic to the title/question but I find the babies wearing those ultrasound devices on their head to be incredibly cute although dystopian.
only the fully-conscious Four Seasons Orlando baby.