Imagine you are driving the bed

actually quite enjoyable, ty!

makes it way funnier

I agree with the first part, but you lost me with “no evidence of that”: everything conscious is “evidence of that”. And, unless you’re getting epistemological af, there really isn’t a lot of assumption here: quarks -> atoms -> molecules -> organelles -> cells -> tissues -> organs -> systems -> organisms -> consciousness -> sentience.

Would it not be relative? If sentience were to emerge from just 100 neurons, wouldn’t their experience of terror be the same as our own? I mean, you could argue that ego is required for true suffering, but I think there is a more fundamental biological aspect that ensures all species capable of moving out of the fire are incentivized to do so.

When it comes to getting the attention of others, there’s always an incentive.

3-2-1

go ahead

That sounds really rough. :(

I find stuff like this doesn’t ever change for me, even though it may hurt less over time. I like knowing I have it, but … I don’t need to watch it.

It seems like you are implying this is an obvious optimization, regardless of context. Why do we not care what’s going on with b?

And then you’re left searching for bullshit error messages and potentially unable to fix the problem regardless of your level of expertise.