@alienskyler@disqordia.space i dont think i would personally because egregores require consciousnesses as a substrate to exist within. it's the same question to me as "are my thoughts alive." i think i might classify those things as "meta-life" since the aliveness of their substrate is a requirement of their existence.

that said, human consciousness could be said to be a meta- property of the aliveness of out neurons so. maybe im just splitting hairs or looking at it from a very anthropocentric perspective.