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It's more a matter of functionality rather than only complexity. Functionality can be not implemented just fine.

• anon84873628 3y ago
  Which functionality produces qualia? It certainly seems related to sensory processing, but that still boils down to nerves and neurons. Does it require a notion of "self"? The end result is that physical systems are producing a completely non-physical and subjective phenomenon.
  • GoblinSlayer 3y ago
    The functionality of subjective experience. Some higher animals don't pass the mirror test, but have consciousness.
    • anon84873628 3y ago
      So what does it take to have subjective experience? Why do animals (whether higher or lower) have consciousness, but not plants?