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For sure. No problem! Those are tough questions. Watching out for rabbit holes, I'll do my best.
Define what "cognition" means to you. My first stab would be something like: 'localized reflection-based intent'. That is, a place that patterns in a way that is representative of external patterns, which results in the genesis of unique patterns (confined to and defined by the limits of that place) which result in a change of the environment immediately about that place. I think I fell in! :D What is the most fundamental act of cognition, in your conception? In that sense, I'd say it would be: A mass moving under its own power in a manner that didn't reflect the mechanism of motion. p.s. I like my second answer better.