[AndrewC]

Only partially true. The "brain dead" do seem to lack conciousness. If conciousness isn't matter, it is strongly linked to matter. I (so far) am unaware of any conciousness existing apart from matter.

While not running away from the words eliciting your response, I wish to make it clear that the statement was a modification of one made by someone else in order to illustrate something that was neither matter nor energy yet obviously real.

Now as to the question of consciousness and matter, put a human into a large matter-tight blender(figuratively of course) set to high. Is the result conscious?

[Doctor Stochastic]

Matter doesn't imply conciousness, but conciousness seems to imply matter. The blender example asks the wrong question.