At that point, "conscious" means nothing more than "exists", and we already have a good word for that. I do think we should give animals far more credit than w

At that point, "conscious" means nothing more than "exists", and we already have a good word for that. I do think we should give animals far more credit than we do. Personality seems like it would be heavily related to and influenced by/influences consciousness, and most animals express personality to some degree.