Not necessarily. Consciousness might exist outside neurons or "in between" them.

 systems. Consciousness itself doesn’t exist in neurons, and yet neurons as a system…ow complexity emerges from simpler systems, often which look nothing like the higher-level systems. Consciousness itself doesn’t exist in neurons, and yet neurons as a system create consciousness in humans (this is critical to Hoftstadter’s argument that machines can think). There’s also a fantastical example in a dialog with the Anteater, who has conversations with Aunt H…
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Not necessarily. Consciousness might exist outside neurons or "in between" them.
We know all about intelligence and neurons, but we still can't pinpoint where consciousness arises from
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