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Every animal is conscious, but we have the ability to reason, and that's what makes us such effective animals. Now, is having that ability a necessary tool towards achieving evolutionary perfection? I'd have to say based on techinicality of course it is, we have can overcome mother nature's hurdles, put to practice complex mathematics, and execute the most advanced linguistics on the planet. On the oppostie end of that argument (as mentioned by Moskie) is the war, hatred, envy, and everything else that comes with emotion, reasoning's excess baggage. See to me the problem isn't being able to reason or being consicous, it is the burden of emotion, all mankind suffers because of emotion, the desire for power, the desire for the objects you cannot obtain, the member of the opposite sex which shows no interest in you, the full specturm of the human condition. If you ask me, the elimination of emotion would solve all of these "problems" we face as a society. But then again, would we want to loose this blessing, do we want to be organic AI, no goals or aspirations, laughter or sadness, just a willingness to continue forward, go about your routine and survive until your demise. Now with that said, which would you choose?