Have you considered emergent theory? I.e. particles aren't conscious but big collections of them can be
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The problem is when exactly you draw the line. We still haven't defined consciousness in a useful way. The Animist solution is that there is no dividing line, and that particles or rocks or animals are just different degrees of conscious.
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Emergence actually does have measurable thresholds, though. Consider surface tension of liquids, freezing/boiling points, etc
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I do agree there's prolly a spectrum of consciousness but it's completely possible there are seemingly arbitrary cutoff points
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Emergence would also imply that multiple routes could lead to consciousness via convergent evolution.
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(as in, more than just biochemistry)
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And if consciousness is just something that complex systems do, then we need to consider that fluid dynamics and plasma physics contain a lot more complexity than biochemistry or integrated circuits.
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This line of thought leads to "thinking stars" and I like it :)
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Logicaly speaking they would be the first life forms to evolve in our 14 billion year old visible universe. Organic life happens when they allowed it to happen. Gama ray bursts are the galaxy's immune response against berserker swarms.
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or against obnoxious Dyson sphere building civilizations interrupting the interstellar flow of fanfic
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welp, that's the Fermi paradox resolved innit
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Good chat. Let's do world hunger next
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