Peppercorn Consciousness

In the previous post I wrote of the interdependence of perceived reality. This morning in the Washington Post I read an article “Lab-grown Brain Bits Open Windows to the Mind — and a Maze of Ethical Dilemmas“. The “brain bits”, shown in a petri dish, were described as being the size of pepper corns, hence my photo. To imply that these bits somehow relate to consciousness is a stretch.
The appearance of brain and mind in the title has some resonance, for without the brain there would be no mind. The brain material in the petri dishes are, “balls of cells that can’t think or feel” and in actuality our brain is a larger collection of that material. Cells, not thinking, not feeling. Consciousness is a biological function of the brain and also a biological interaction of brain cells (through the nervous system) with the environment.
Brain cells don’t think. I’ve been trying to come up with an analogy. How’s this: Suppose, I grow muscle cells in a dish, “balls of cells that can’t move” but muscle cells within the musculoskeletal system allow you to run.