I think I have found the bug, PP. "In order to be conscious you need a brain to do it" is analagous to a primitive person believing that the telephone   is where communication comes from. Easy mistake -- it's terrib;y complex, hard to aalyze as an object and when you connect to it it starts talking. Obviously, it's either an organic life form that speaks many languages, or the humans have invented very very advanced artificvial intelligence.

A brain is not a prerequisite to consciousness. It is more of an amplifier for operations in certain arenas...and a spam blocker!


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