Did Consciousness Evolve from Self-Paced Probing of the Environment, and Not from Reflexes?

摘要: It is suggested that the anatomical structures whichmediate consciousness evolved as decisiveembellishments to a (non-conscious) design strategypresent even in simplest monocellular organisms.Consciousness thus not pinnacle of ahierarchy whose base primitive reflex, becausereflexes require nervous system, which monocelldoes possess. By postulating isintimately connected self-paced probing theenvironment, also prominent prokaryotic behavior,one can make mammalian neuroanatomy amenable todramatically simple rationalization.