I was thinking that the question alluded more to self awareness, all the science concepts explain how our bodies live, but self awareness is something harder to pin down. It is fair to theorise that should my brain be stripped of all five senses I would still be aware of my existence, so I could say that awareness is a function of our brain but is set apart from it's other functions because it does not respond directly to stimuli but uses measured, considered responses- it is also responsible for forming who we are , how we interact with people and means we can ask questions like the one that started this thread
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