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b_b · 4289 days ago · link · · parent · post: The Dualist Program, Part 3: You Are Just You, You Are Not You And Yourself
Well, then in that sense individual cells of your body would be conscious, too, as there are myriad examples of migrating cells that move along a chemical gradient within you. I would vehemently disagree with that, as I have just written 5000 words about how only organisms can be considered to be conscious. Agency, while not this simple, at least requires something of the structure: [input]-->[decision]-->[output]