Sam Harris On Defining Consciousness

[Rhondazvous]

Heheh, I settle for something far less than proof, which is why I didn't ask for proof, just pass and fail conditions.  So don't sweat it.  I agree on 1 and 2 (somewhat), the third not so much, but for purposes of discussion, consider them all in.    

A lightbulb or campfire does not interpret or even respond to stimuli. It can be affected by it, say when wind blows a fire, but that’s not a response.

We're already in trouble......as these failure conditions are for campfires, not your conjecture....ignoring that, you didn't reference them in 1, 2, or 3........perhaps you'll need to add a 4th? Otherwise, campfires and lightbulbs are still in.

Something like - 4: Awareness is interpretation or response to stimuli
(you can probably already see where I'm going to go......you ready to accept the sentience of everything I might care to dredge up?  I'm very creative, in that regard...lol)

Ah, $4 could be the touchstone. If we postulate that lightbulbs and campfires don't interpret stimulis. But I see that I must correct something here. The lightbulb is just a physical body. We're talking about the electricity that runs through the bulb.

If we apply a GC style re-interpretation of the word "interpret," yeah we could probably include earthworms.