And no it's not an empty philosophical discussion, it litterally means higher cognitive functions have more or less the same locations between a human and a rodent which is a strong signal for us being not that different. If you wanna see an interesting discussion on consciousness with a concrete no-bullshit example, see the end of my comment here: (where btw I use another unique on HN word) https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=pastMonth&page=0&prefix=fa...