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> consciousness ... definition: awareness of surroundings and knowledge

A stone is conscious: when it's cold, its inner state reflects its surroundings. Abrasion marks is long term information: knowledge.

Consciousness does not have a good definition. It is something very specific in humans, compared to other animals. Language and spatial relation of time seem to play an important role.



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