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Re:Is Matter Conscious? (2017) by CuriouslyC on Monday February 25, 2019 @10:12AM (#19246147)
So, you'd rather posit some mystical juju that makes matter gain consciousness, that somehow magically only happens to humans, and happens to matter when humans eat it, but yet is totally undetectable?
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Re:Is Matter Conscious? (2017) by kamaal on Monday February 25, 2019 @10:38AM (#19246363)
No I guess the parent's point is consciousness is inherent to all things. But it's just that it needs some minimal amount of biological configuration for it to manifest in a way that is meaningfully observable.

Which explain things like eating food(above minimal configuration) and death(Some cells die, failing the minimal configuration criteria).

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Re:Is Matter Conscious? (2017) by visarga on Monday February 25, 2019 @01:17PM (#19247915)
Not all matter has to fend for itself in the environment. This constraint leads to evolution and consciousness. It's not magical, just self replicating.
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