#Tononi argues that something will have a form of “#consciousness” if the information contained within the structure is sufficiently “integrated,” or unified, and so the whole is more than the sum of its parts.

Because it applies to all structures—not just the human brain—#IntegratedInformation Theory shares the #panpsychist view that physical matter has innate conscious experience.

https://qz.com/1184574/the-idea-that-everything-from-spoons-to-stones-are-conscious-is-gaining-academic-credibility/