I thought this article was interesting https://www.sheldrake.org/files/pdfs/papers/Is_the_Sun_Conscious.pdf https://www.sheldrake.org/files/pdfs/papers/Is_the_S

I thought this article was interesting https://www.sheldrake.org/files/pdfs/papers/Is_the_Sun_Conscious.pdf https://www.sheldrake.org/files/pdfs/papers/Is_the_Sun_Consc... If consciousness is just some form of self-reference and autopoiesis via cellular automaton, there's little reason to believe it couldn't extend to the extremes of the macro or micro scale.