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by plutonorm 1534 days ago
It's literally the opposite of that. The criticism you are levelling is precisely what makes the idea of the strong emergence of consciousness such a joke.

Panpsychists say that consciousness always exists, all the way down, not that it emerges. It is a view born out of the rejection of the kind of emergence you are describing.

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Literally no panpsychist asserts that a proton has human, or even bacterium level consciousness.
Go do some reading and then come back with an informed opinion because you don't have the basics down.