It just looks horrible.

Correction: the world's smallest primate is not the Phillipine Tarsier; it's Berthe's Mouse Lemur. But both are equally cute. http://primatology.net/2010/05/08/philippine-tarsiers-not-worlds-smallest-primates-not-marsupials/

Two studies, with three and then two test subjects; with results that claim to represent "all parrots everywhere"? Something's wrong here...

Thanks for the conversation. Actually giving me lots to think about. Basically my whole issue with the definition of consciousness is one of semiotics. "If a lion can speak, we wouldn't understand him" Wittgenstein. Which lays out the whole problem of language and truth. What humans understand as consciousness is only…

I agree with you that humans have consciousness. But I have to disagree with your definition that consciousness can only occur in the presence of a brain. I can see your point with designing experiments to test consciousness in humans (and animals). But the experiment itself would be subjective because we can only…

That's pretty impressive. But it ain't conclusive.

From the artwork for Beastie Boys' "Hello Nasty!" album. :-)

Who can claim 100% that consciousness resides in the brain?