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Politics : Evolution
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To: Greg or e who wrote (59796)10/9/2014 12:27:24 PM
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they are necessary but not sufficient qualities of consciousness.

I have not maintained that a bell is conscious. I used the word "aware" to signify something with detect/respond capability and "self-aware" for consciousness. Those terms seemed to get in the way of understanding so I was trying to figure out what word(s) I could use that wouldn't immediately get off track.
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