I've never fully understood his thinking, but I think that's basically Daniel Dennett's argument in From Bacteria to Bach and Back [1]. He makes it while someho

I've never fully understood his thinking, but I think that's basically Daniel Dennett's argument in From Bacteria to Bach and Back [1]. He makes it while somehow simultaneously denying panpsychism and the reality of consciousness itself. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/From_Bacteria_to_Bach_and_Back https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/From_Bacteria_to_Bach_and_Back