I think "self-awareness" as we are discussing it here does not just mean "causal relationship between stimulus and response". It specifically refers to a singu

I think "self-awareness" as we are discussing it here does not just mean "causal relationship between stimulus and response". It specifically refers to a singular consciousness engaging in thought that translates into intentionality -- this is something that we only directly experience within our own minds, and it doesn't make sense to speculatively apply it to things that are observably very different from ourselves.