In principle, one could falsify the assumption that consciousness cannot exist outside the brain by finding consciousness outside the brain. If one were to make - say - a golem, it would certainly cause much rethinking of the meaning of consciousness, as would the discovery of a species similar to the Hooloovoo.
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At the end of the day, a Hoovooloo may be a more convincing example.
It's a quite tall order. Then again, spirits are a quite extraordinary claim.
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One source of the discussion is the lack of a Formal, testable, and commonly accepted, definition of either "consciousness" or "intelligence."
