I mean we are concerned more about how exactly does our brain function, which part is responsible for what kinds of actions and responses, but hardly do we consider the fact that life has sprouted from non-living things. And if you look at it, everything must be very either totally living and totally non-living. It's just that our senses make us feel alive. The fact that abstract matter has the ability to generate something as absurd as a memory is in itself a remarkable thing isn't it?
"There is a philosophical question at the heart of this issue. If life is simply a product of complex chemical reactions, then what does it mean to be alive? And if perception is simply a product of the brain, then what does it mean to be aware? These are big questions, and there are no easy answers"
Dynamic Idealism: An Elementary Course in the Metaphysics of Mind by J.S. Mackenzie.
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