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From the Ted Talk by David Chalmers: How do you explain consciousness?

Unscramble the Blue Letters


This view, I think, the psypcinasht view, has the potential to transfigure our relationship to nature, and it may have some pretty serious social and ethical consequences. Some of these may be counterintuitive. I used to think I shouldn't eat anything which is conscious, so therefore I should be vegetarian. Now, if you're a panpsychist and you take that view, you're going to go very hungry. So I think when you think about it, this tends to transfigure your views, whereas what mtrteas for ethical purposes and marol contosiainerds, not so much the fact of consciousness, but the degree and the complexity of ciunosesosncs.

Open Cloze


This view, I think, the ___________ view, has the potential to transfigure our relationship to nature, and it may have some pretty serious social and ethical consequences. Some of these may be counterintuitive. I used to think I shouldn't eat anything which is conscious, so therefore I should be vegetarian. Now, if you're a panpsychist and you take that view, you're going to go very hungry. So I think when you think about it, this tends to transfigure your views, whereas what _______ for ethical purposes and _____ ______________, not so much the fact of consciousness, but the degree and the complexity of _____________.

Solution


  1. moral
  2. matters
  3. considerations
  4. consciousness
  5. panpsychist

Original Text


This view, I think, the panpsychist view, has the potential to transfigure our relationship to nature, and it may have some pretty serious social and ethical consequences. Some of these may be counterintuitive. I used to think I shouldn't eat anything which is conscious, so therefore I should be vegetarian. Now, if you're a panpsychist and you take that view, you're going to go very hungry. So I think when you think about it, this tends to transfigure your views, whereas what matters for ethical purposes and moral considerations, not so much the fact of consciousness, but the degree and the complexity of consciousness.

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Important Words


  1. complexity
  2. conscious
  3. consciousness
  4. consequences
  5. considerations
  6. counterintuitive
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  9. ethical
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  12. matters
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  15. panpsychist
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