There is a different way to look at it. If you accept that you meet the definition of consciousness, and can derive a definition of what characteristics you pos

There is a different way to look at it. If you accept that you meet the definition of consciousness, and can derive a definition of what characteristics you possess that would satisfy the definition for another bein to be similarly conscious to you then that definition is at least rational. True, we may not be able to apply that definition to specific humans, robots, or other beings but the definition is a rational measure of the answer. For me consciousness is an emergent property of language that possesses the concept of a self as opposed the the external world. Other things like sensory perception or a concept of a body are better described as awareness. This distinction allows us to say that a cockroach or robot are aware but not conscious because they can respond to their environment but not self reflect on that data as they have no narrative structures to use.