CONSCIOUSNESS◐ DEVELOPINGI · Intelligence▲ Rising
Minds May Exist in Non-Earth Materials
Jun 25, 2026SOURCE: areomagazine.com
SO WHAT
The window widens: intelligence may be defined by function, not substrate, and the first to map that boundary will shape the next platform layer.
A new paper argues consciousness could arise in materials unlike those that built Earth life. That expands the search space for alien minds and machine minds alike.
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