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A significant philosophical stance articulated in the conversation emphasizes that the distinction we make between conscious and non-conscious entities is arbitrary and a result of our flawed conceptual interface with reality. This perspective posits that everything is interconnected and that our identification of "things" is a linguistic convenience rather than a definitive measure of consciousness.
This viewpoint invites introspection—if our definitions are arbitrary, what criteria should guide our understanding of consciousness? It raises debates about what it means to be a "thing" versus being part of a larger interconnected existence.