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This relates to the physical nature of matter, not to metaphysics. I cannot find a robust, universal definition of consciousnessconsciousness, so perhaps the question is meaningless. I am thinking of the behaviour of molecules in arriving at equilibrium within a system, for example. Does the system exhibit consciousness? Is consciousness an incrementally emergent feature?

This relates to the physical nature of matter, not to metaphysics. I cannot find a robust, universal definition of consciousness, so perhaps the question is meaningless. I am thinking of the behaviour of molecules in arriving at equilibrium within a system, for example. Does the system exhibit consciousness? Is consciousness an incrementally emergent feature?

This relates to the physical nature of matter, not to metaphysics. I cannot find a robust, universal definition of consciousness, so perhaps the question is meaningless. I am thinking of the behaviour of molecules in arriving at equilibrium within a system, for example. Does the system exhibit consciousness? Is consciousness an incrementally emergent feature?

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Is it possible that non-living systems possess consciousness?

This relates to the physical nature of matter, not to metaphysics. I cannot find a robust, universal definition of consciousness, so perhaps the question is meaningless. I am thinking of the behaviour of molecules in arriving at equilibrium within a system, for example. Does the system exhibit consciousness? Is consciousness an incrementally emergent feature?