If a specific framing, which uses tools normally reserved for brains, results in fruitful new research programs on unconventional systems, then the scientific approach requires that we consider those systems to be bona fide subjects of that corner of the natural world.

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• The science of consciousness should remain open to the possibility of minds in unconventional embodiments.hypothesis0.792
  Normative conclusion and forward-looking hypothesis based on theoretical and empirical evidence reviewed.
• "We could continue to invent new and exciting mechanisms beyond context-orientation and Worlds, ad absurdum, or recognise they are all just points within a dimensionally unbounded space of related, self-similar mechanisms."concept0.786
  Claim that many advanced programming paradigms reduce to parameterizations of the n-way associative model.
• The science of consciousness should remain open to minds in unconventional embodiments.claim0.786
  The normative conclusion of the paper, urging the field to not prematurely exclude non-brain substrates.
• We hypothesize that general computational machines with sufficient resources possess the necessary and sufficient means to implement consciousness, and that successful implementation can be established via analysis or testing.hypothesis0.784
  The central hypothesis of the paper
• Cognitive capacities exist on a spectrum and tools from behavioral sciences can be productively applied to understand and control systems far beyond familiar animals with central nervous systems.claim0.783
  Core tenet of diverse intelligence; justifies the methodological borrowing across fields.
• About Blank's publication window for 'consciousness in unconventional substrates' framing is closing as academic consensus consolidates.claim0.777
• What features of each theory specifically pick out brains as a privileged substrate of inner perspective, or do the features emphasized by the theory occur elsewhere?question0.773
  The central research question that drives the paper's analysis.
• A system-agnostic approach offers the best roadmap for a deep, empirically fruitful unification of frameworks across cybernetics, behavioural science, bioengineering, robotics, materials science, and biomedicine.claim0.771
  Prescriptive claim that ignoring substrate will unify diverse fields.