> In that construct, a computer program would never be conscious because it's a simulation, it doesn't have the constituent consciousness property. A computer

> In that construct, a computer program would never be conscious because it's a simulation, it doesn't have the constituent consciousness property. A computer program is the result of electrical and mechanical interactions that manifest in macroscopically observable effects. So are we. Why, if all matter is conscious, should the one count but not the other?