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Re:How working memory could give rise to consciousness by estearum on Saturday July 04, 2026 @06:38PM (#48789723)
Good luck drawing a line between life/living systems and otherwise.

The panpsychist answer is (unfortunately) the only one that even remotely passes the sniff test.

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Re:How working memory could give rise to consciousness by d00d0ff000 on Sunday July 05, 2026 @07:24PM (#48798973)
No need. In another comment I mentioned a stone has dormant potential of consciousness, and life systems merely animate it.

Someone else posted a decent link to the relationship of “holographic” memory and consciousness. I do not speak with that as my source though it is a relevant idea.

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