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Of or related to consciousness - the state of being self-aware.

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How plausible would a self-aware, conscious viral life-form be?

So even though consciousness is more of a philosophical concept, if we model our understanding of it on ourselves and the way we are constructed (neurons forming the basis for consciousness), what could … be a reasonable parallel to neurons for a viral life form that would allow them to have consciousness and intelligence on par with human beings? …