Its a rational, intuitive assumption. But we learn new things all the time.
Given that there are people walking around living perfectly normal lives who have only a small fraction of normal brain mass, I'm always skeptical of definitive pronouncements regarding conciousness.
>Given that there are people walking around living perfectly normal lives who have only a small fraction of normal brain mass,
Could you find a link perhaps? I Googled the end of what I just quoted but didn't find anything...