I feel there is a difference between something making a choice in their actions, or merely reacting to external stimuli. That line is blurry, and there's a lot more creatures that fall on the conscious side than we used to think, but there are definitely creatures that don't. You'll never be able to convince me that something like a jellyfish or a salp is a conscious creature.

[–] x00z@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

There isn't just a blurry line between choice and reaction, there's also differences in consciousness itself. There's low forms of consciousness and high forms of consciousness. Being wasted for example alters it, and can even make you unconscious.