Yes, it would mean that consciousness is pervasive in the whole universe, and, that, for example, your cells are probably conscious. See also http://en.wikipedi

Yes, it would mean that consciousness is pervasive in the whole universe, and, that, for example, your cells are probably conscious. See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaia_hypothesis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaia_hypothesis. The point is that the nature of the experience is isomorphic to the integration process, which is very different from system to system. That's why IMO, for example, anthropomorphism in AI is a dead end, and the turing test is irrelevant.