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There's s a simple theory about the root of our consciousness: it's a property of individual cell. Something like this: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/jonathan-edwards/p

• lioeters 8y ago
  I enjoyed the linked article. In the introduction is a proposal/suggestion that "every neuron has at least some form of sentience." The author describes this word "sentience" as a more primitive (primary, basic, ancestral) kind of consciousness. Something that has: "simultaneous access to many elements of information in defined inter-relationships, i.e. access to a pattern" "in which the accessible pattern includes a useful map of some other 'outer' environment, normally the outside of a human being, with a sense of time and, in its fullest form, adult consciousness, a sense of self" ..which seems like a range/spectrum from sentient to fully conscious. With such a definition, a cell could be considered "sentient", and organisms from molds, plants, animals to humans all demonstrate higher sentience.. I wonder how low it can go: since patterns and relationships are mentioned, could a standing wave be considered to have a low level of "sentience"?
  • red75prime 8y ago
    Sure, everything has zero-sentience. Zero-sentience correctly reflects the lack of a sense of itself. Some structures have other levels of sentience in addition to zero-sentience.