How cognition in cells could evolve into higher order cognition in animals explained in Scientific American - New Clues about the Origins of Biological Intelligence.
Still a little dubious about how it could lead to self-awareness and a self-learning collective consciousness of cells and such.
Deep reflection on major concepts (death, life, beginning, end, good, bad) seems to inevitably lead to questions on consciousness.
What about a collective conscious of living things (bacteria, plants, animals, cells)? What about viruses and inanimate objects? I read that viruses are more inanimate than "alive". Anyway, I am leaning towards a collective conscious of "live" things. What drives this life? Probably a "field", "energy", or "dimension".
