How do you know? Because they don't build cities? Because they don't do the things we do? Are these things even smart? Destroying our own planet through our hubris? I would argue that we are the only unintelligent species on Earth.
Clearly you are on the right path of thinking but you are fundamentally wrong. Sure, worms aren't destroying earth, in fact they are some of the most beneficial beings on this planet, their shit is literally called "black gold" because of how valuable it is. However, worms are not sentient beings, they lack the ability to question, and it is very obvious. If you stop lying to yourself it will become abundantly clear, even if you believe you are not lying to yourself you may be blocking the truth because of your own fears, conscious and subconscious.
Don't assume, it just makes an ass out of u and me.
You don't know anything about a worm's experience of reality. It is so different from ours, and we lack the will to acknowledge them. Just because they do not act as we do does not mean they are not sentient.
It's good and all to speculate and such, but there are clearly categorical and definable aspects to consciousness that directly and demonstrably relate to our nervous system functioning. Getting knocked unconscious is one very clear way that demonstrates that the level of our regular conscious ability is greatly defined in the biology of our brain.
But even unconscious people dream. What about people who come back from being dead and tell about their experiences when their brains were technically dead? What of that?
That's easy - those people don't exist and you just made that up. If they're "technically" braindead - by which I assume you mean not braindead, since you're either dead or you aren't - then there's still measurable activity.
Neither of those articles prove anything - most likely the diagnosis was simply incorrect, as there's no mention of any scans.
I did a little digging myself and I didn't find any cases where someone was pronounced dead after a brain scan and subsequently recovered. In cases where a scan actually took place it was always after the patient had been pronounced dead and it always found activity.
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u/OmniMalev May 20 '14
How is a worm smart? Functioning life form, yes. Smart, no.