“If the number of distinguishible states is a must, but not enough, for a consciousness to exist [1] in a machine, there must be additional structural factor for consciousness to exist. Given human, biological DNA-based self replicating machine, has this consciousness operational, it is possible to assume that the universe is conscious as well, because there is a sufficient number of interacting bodies, just as in our neural network, and we are all made of the same star dust. We Are The Universe! :-)”/CeDeROM2013

[1] “Phi: A Voyage from the Brain to the Soul”,  Giulio Tononi, Pantheon; First Edition edition (August 7, 2012), ISBN-10: 030790721X, ISBN-13: 978-0307907219.