>Are you suggesting some of us may be NPCs? Yes. Although it's of no consequence, since nobody can prove they have a consciousness. It may be a non-binary stat

>Are you suggesting some of us may be NPCs? Yes. Although it's of no consequence, since nobody can prove they have a consciousness. It may be a non-binary state as well. (Ever lived for a few days "on automatic"?) On the extreme ends, consciousness may logically appear anytime between existing in the womb (or even earlier?) and the first years of our lives. (There are anecdotes online of people who remember suddenly being self aware around 3 years old.) It might disappear anytime during the last years of our lives and on or before our death (I doubt any later, but who knows...). (Elderly people who suddenly regress into a purely reactive state, no longer taking conscious decisions, come to mind.) (Appearing and disappearing could either mean coming into and out of existence, or attaching to our body from some greater or external mass of consciousness.) >I think there is an observer in your mind, and it is part of your mind, but it tricks you it into thinking that it is not. That is possible too. Or the mind tricks the consciousness into thinking it's part of the body. >So what does the first person experience when it has no memories or feelings or sensory-motor input? I cannot imagine. Memories are a physical state of the brain, so perhaps any physical shape can qualify as memories. Senses are electrical signals, so perhaps any electrical signals can qualify. Perhaps something else entirely. It definitely would not be anything like the human experience, though. Lightning striking down a tree is an electrical signal changing physical state.