I agree that definitions are the problem. It seems the conscious term is overloaded and refers to a lot of concepts some of which are overlapping and some are t

I agree that definitions are the problem. It seems the conscious term is overloaded and refers to a lot of concepts some of which are overlapping and some are totally different. People also want to define conscious in terms of the concept they feel is most importantly different about humans. So this definitions conversation gets mixed with a what concepts are important conversation. For example, the thing that I think is important is subjective experience. I think this is the most important difference between beings that need to be given moral consideration and those that don't and this is always what I have thought of as consciousness. However, I often have conversations where I am just talking past someone because they are interested in something else entirely. I hope we can start defining this upfront and having separate conversations here.