Is the universe hiding the strangeness of consciousness?

Photo: Consciousness may or may not need to be based on biology. Science Daily Is a body made of flesh and blood necessary for consciousness to exist? According to Eric Schwartzgibel, a distinguished professor of philosophy at the University of California, the answer is 'probably not necessary'. Consciousness may or may not need to be based on biology. Consciousness doesn't just exist in brains like ours. It is the mind of the aliens. It may also emerge in artificial systems and life forms more bizarre than we can imagine. In a new paper, Schwyzgiebel and his former student, Jeremy Pober, who is now a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Lisbon, argue that sentient beings could exist even if they were built from materials completely different from those found in life on Earth. As an example, we can point to the five-limbed planet with a rocky exterior featured in the recently released popular novel "Project Hail Mary". Instead of researchers trying to define consciousness themselves, They begin with the assumption that consciousness is a real and identifiable phenomenon. Their focus is on a narrower question: "Does consciousness necessarily depend on animal biology?