TL;DR
This paper argues that most animal life on Earth is unlikely to be conscious based on anthropic reasoning and empirical distribution analysis.
Contribution
It introduces a novel application of anthropic reasoning to assess consciousness likelihood across animal species.
Findings
Most animal species are probably not conscious.
Empirical distribution functions suggest low consciousness probability in animals.
Challenges assumptions about animal consciousness based on statistical reasoning.
Abstract
Anthropic reasoning is a form of statistical reasoning based upon finding oneself a member of a particular reference class of conscious beings. By considering empirical distribution functions defined over animal life on Earth, we can deduce that the vast bulk of animal life is unlikely to be conscious.
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