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Consciousness allows the detection of a novel situation AND the ability to respond in a manner which is not predetermined and automatic. This is awareness. If an amoeba can detect a threat, and respond by selecting an action which is not an automatic response then there is a chance it is aware. The ...

I have been pondering this question lately after considering how we perceive time, and how the smaller you divide time into the less you can fit into it. This lead me to wonder if time actually is divided into discrete moments, similar to a planck length but for time, or if it is indivisible and con...