blanc stated: source post
It is most definitely possible to divide consciousness and intelligence. There are some babies born with ancephaly, they are conscious, but they are missing majority of their brain.
Fact remains there are no examples of intelligence without consciousness.
Animals are conscious, but not intelligent.
If animals lacked any degree of intelligence, they would be unable to be trained. Yet we've trained just about every single one.
Drug addicts are conscious, but mind altering substances can quickly affect their level intellect as well as their decision making processes. They're still aware of what they're doing but their ability to think is hindered.
None the less, they still have intellect.
Most definately separable concepts. If they weren't then why do two words exist to define the same thing?
No matter what disabled subjects you present, there's still no example of intelligence without consciousness.
Conciousness came before intelligence of you believe in evolution. If you believe in Adam and Eve then you're just fucking stupid.
Before creation, there was an intelligent consciousness. Darwin, the one who came up with the theory of evolution was a theist. The theory of evolution, is also an unproven theory, since it's been proven impossible to recreate to conditions for amino acids to reproduce as the theory suggests. There are also no findings of the missing links between us, and those old monkey bones.
When it comes to Adam and Eve, well, there are billions of us and counting. How many did we start with ? By evolution's theory some creature would have had to rise and grow from bacteria, before mating with another creature that magically mutated into the compatible opposite sex, before giving birth for the first time.
It was written that God formed Adam out of dust, before breathing life into him. Modern science finds that we are made up of star dust, and when the physical body dies, it will decompose back to dust.
It makes more sense to me that the chicken came before the egg, as all creatures came before their way of reproducing.
There are primitive societies that existed, and they were not yet humans. They were neanderthals. Conscious, but stupid.
I wouldn't pass them off as stupid, they had incredible survival skills. If any of us were in their situation, it's unlikely we would have done any better and we'd be quick to adopt what we can learn from them.