you might be surprised to discover that there is a perfectly reasonable physical candidate for a complex living network that existed from the very beginning -- and still exists today -- that would qualify as a highly evolved state of -lrb- seemingly -rrb- pure consciousness that we might have devolved from . i refer , of course , to bacteria and archaebacteria , which i will collectively call bacteria -- or microbes -- for convenience . microbes meet all the criteria for a non-rule-based
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`` i do n't know why he ca n't talk . '' indio took the chair next to apollo . `` but he saved daff from drownding today . '' `` what ? '' miss stump paused in the act of reaching for the plate of sliced chicken on the table . `` you 're not to go near the pond , you know that ,

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