More importantly - if "everything is conscious," what are the sublevels of consciousness? For example, we know a fully-grown human is conscious. But what about that human's left eye? Does it have consciousness? Or is it just the atoms of the left eye? Or the cells? Or the pigment in the iris? How do you subdivide everything that should be conscious in this model? You can't just say "atoms have consciousness, then humans." What about 2 atoms? A molecule? Etc. etc. on up to every subgrouping (nearly infinite, maybe infinite because humans don't exist in a vacuum) that constitutes a human.
I think where they're trying to take this is: When everything is conscious, nothing is. Therefore we have no agency.
And if they're not trying to take it there, well, it's an obvious outcome so they're stupid scientists. Absolutely stupid scientists exist.
Consider Rupert Sheldrake's concept of .
Also, consider the idea that nothing is conscious without something else to refer to. Two atoms that refer to each other will do so in some logical manner, so logic is probably a key to determining if something is conscious, and how much so. Purpose is probably another key determinant.
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