#vss365 “How small do you think a #sentient being can be?” My partner thought about it for a bit. “Well sentience is tied to complexity and persistence of states. So probably down to the atomic level. Maybe even quantum.” It was an interesting thought as I orbited around my partner, the star.
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I had that same thought exercise while watching a bug scurry across the ground ! I thought, it is capable of recognizing and reacting to danger; by definition it must be aware. Is it self-aware though? Well, it wants to continue to exist, so yes. End result: single-celled org can be sentient