J.P. Andrew

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Working Definition · Working Definition episode 12: Animals, with J.P. Andrew · 11 Jul 2026 podcast

So I think Descartes was right about that.

I can't be wrong about that.

Um, I have no time at all for eliminativism or illusionism.

Um, but with respect to anything else, like I could I could be wrong, you know, like maybe maybe you're not conscious right now.

Um, but I see lots and lots of evidence that you are, right?

And

Um and so just like I think that um I d I have positive reasons for thinking that plants don't feel pain.

I think I have even better reason to think that electrons don't feel pain, right?

Like they they have they have nothing remotely resembling a nervous system.

Um could I be wrong about that?

Yeah, but I guess like in something like the way that I I think that I could be wrong that there that I'm not living in the matrix or something, right?

Like I can't totally decisively prove that I'm not living in the matrix, but also I definitely think that I'm not, right?

And so

Yeah, I think that we're, you know.

Anytime we're making claims about other minds, there's the provisor built in that we could be wrong.

Um, maybe Descartes was right and uh other animals are not conscious, but I think that's also a really crazy thing to think.

And so in the same way, you know, like I think I'm on firm ground thinking that

if electrons have conscious experience it's not interesting or morally significant.

But maybe I'm wrong.

I just I I assign a very, very low probability to

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