Is a single subatomic particle conscious? Unless you're a panpsychist then surely no, right?
And yet humans, made of such particles, are!
So it seems like reductionism doesn't work here.
And yet humans, made of such particles, are!
So it seems like reductionism doesn't work here.
But, in the same way that one particle not being conscious doesn't necessarily mean some configurations of many particles- like humans- aren't, one logic gate not being conscious doesn't mean there can't exist configurations of many logic gates that are.