quite interesting, in particular the discussion about the pertinence of "degrees of consciousness"  which finally lead into deeper aspects of the nature of consciousness as phenomenon (what is it about?  what kind of events are consequence of it ) . Personally I still believe thatawareness of the own existence is the signature of consciousness, or at least awareness/acknowledgment  of other sentient beings.  <br><br>Not fully convinced that levels do not apply to the conscious phenomenon, especially that most would assume humans possess more of this property than say, mussels or plants. At this point I missed some remark on the connection to life as this seems to reveal that organization/complextiy could be more important than sheer volume of mass when it comes to consciousness levels. In this sense pansychism seems clearer on the pervasiveness of conciousness but not on how it is distributed in the universe, which again would imply levels .