B-M: "Something either is conscious, or is not. And while there are degrees of consciousness, there are no intermediates between conscious, and not conscious."-I don't see this distinction. If there are degrees of consciousness then there ARE intermediates between conscious and not conscious. To cliam otherwise is just playing with words. There are differences in consciousness or awareness between animals and humans, and within an individual human such as myself during the period of a day or over the years.