Science is hard. The science of consciousness is particularly hard, beset with philosophical difficulties and a scarcity of experimental data.
What about the potential implications of integrated information theory—its impact on clinical practice, the regulation of AI, and attitudes to stem cell research, animal and organoid testing, and abortion?, integrated information theory says"human fetuses at very early stages of development" are likely conscious.
And while we should be mindful of the legal and ethical implications of integrated information theory, we should also be mindful of the implications ofAre the implications of integrated information theory more problematic than those of other leading theories? That's far from obvious, and there are certainly versions of other theories whose implications would be every bit as radical as those of integrated information theory.And so, finally, to the charge of pseudoscience.
It's true the theory's core tenets are very difficult to test, but so too are the core tenets of any theory of consciousness. To put a theory to the test one needs to assume a host of bridging principles, and the status of those principles will often be disputed. But none of this justifies treating integrated information theory—or indeed any other theory of consciousness—as pseudoscience. All it takes for a theory to be genuinely scientific is that it generates testable predictions. And whatever its faults, the theory has certainly done that.
The charge of pseudoscience is not only inaccurate, it is also pernicious. In effect, it's an attempt to"deplatform" or silence integrated information theory—to deny it deserves serious attention.and the scientific community at large, it also manifests a fundamental lack of faith in science. If the theory is indeed bankrupt, then the ordinary mechanisms of science will demonstrate as much.
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