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zimbo
 n.— «[Daniel Dennett] goes on, however, to propose a super-zombie or “zimbo,” which besides its routine processing of inputs and outputs, is capable of addressing and “considering” its own internal states.» —“The Conscious Dead” by Peter Hankins Conscious Entities July 10, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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