> At the most abstract interpretation I think consciousness can be defined as a closed system ... Why closed? Who says it is closed? I claim it is open, and, s

> At the most abstract interpretation I think consciousness can be defined as a closed system ... Why closed? Who says it is closed? I claim it is open, and, spans the entirety of physical reality, fully entangled. > ... that contain both input and output, in which information is gathered and alters some component of the system itself. That sounds like a model for computation not consciousness. A JIT compiler would qualify.