How did consciousness appear in living organisms?

Somewhere along the way, in the last 3.5 billion years or so, chemicals turned into living organisms. It is a matter of debate when the first organisms became conscious. A good definition of consciousness is the process of creating a model of the environment, based on various feedback loops in order to survive. read more

I would've said, No satisfactory answer. Since your question is how it appeared from non-conscious organism, the question is wrong as such. There is no such a thing as non-conscious organism, there is only conscious organism but at different grades. read more

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