From: atropos@mac.com   
      
   On Dec 22, 2025 at 5:43:17 AM PST, "The True Melissa"   
    wrote:   
      
   >   
   > On Saturday, I watched "Why Did Consciousness Evolve?   
   > Exciting Research on Bird Brains" from Anton Petrov.   
   >   
   > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlnioeAtloY   
   >   
   > It posits different levels of consciousness. The first   
   > involves simply being able to have experiences like   
   > "hungry" or "cold," and responding to them. The second   
   > occurs when the entity can focus on some stimuli and   
   > ignore others. According to the video, that's the state   
   > in which most people spend most of their time.   
      
   That's the state my cat is in when I dangle a string in front of her.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)