Just pondering the workings of the human mind - from an AI/robotics point of view (either of which I know little about).. If conscience is when you're thinking about it (processing it in realtime)... and subconscience is when you're not thinking about it (eg it's autonomous behaviour).. would it be fair to say then, that: - conscience could be likened to (or implemented as) software (as it requires a processor at runtime) - subconscience could be likened to (or implemented as) hardware (as it does ......