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Again, the rationale is not ridiculous: a lie is more grave than an untruth, which can be merely a mistaken conviction, and it implies conscious intention to deceive rather than inward-turning self-deception.
Rationing implies conscious limitations of the possibilities to optimally meet needs for healthcare, for instance by limiting supply (e.g. some conditions are excluded from public financing or fewer treatment sessions are offered) or by limiting quality (e.g. less expensive treatments or medication are offered) [ 42].
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Many of the costs associated with deception - from being discovered as a liar by those around you to the personal immunological costs of suppressing some known truth - imply conscious awareness of the truth and the lie.
Perhaps recognizing the ease with which such language can be misconstrued, Darwin (1868) later wrote that "The term 'Natural Selection' is in some respects a bad one, as it seems to imply conscious choice; but this will be disregarded after a little familiarity".
They have much more difficulties in appreciating that some phenomena are better conceptualized as defenses or interpersonal strategies (whereby the term "strategy" does not imply conscious reflection or awareness) that have been shaped by a long history of evolutionary development.
The major early objection was that the term is inappropriate: if Darwin's basic point is that evolutionary change takes place naturally, without divine intervention, why should he use a term that implies a conscious choice or decision on the part of an intelligent being?
By requiring an ethical - social commitment, this argument clearly implies a conscious, active choice by the scientist: "In making a choice between these positions, scientists must consider the consequences of their choice, particularly if they are wrong" (Douglas 2000, p. 576).
It led to the Treatise's claim that having a sensation does not imply being conscious of everything that sensation involves (Treatise I.xi.8, III.iii.6).6
Note that, in this context, prediction does not imply a conscious strategy.
Here are his responses: Mo Costandi: This new study implies that minimally conscious patients may be capable of dreaming.
Asked to recall his first impression, Plofker says, "Impression implies there was conscious thought, and it was on a much more emotional level".
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