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Originally Posted by CSflim
Certainly - it is a minor linguistic quibble. But an important one, as the image of a system 'becoming' conscious leads to an increased possibility of a conceptual mistake. It conjures up an image of consciousness suddenly 'descending' on the ready made system, adding an 'extra' component.
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So you think that consciousness is not an extra component. I suppose I do have the image of a consciousness 'descending' onto the system. I just think that the consciousness is more than the functioning system.