How is that? I never had any parental input whatsoever.

If you read this, you will see it makes complete nonsense of the fact that talent and giftedness aren't 100% genetic.

https://tessaschlesinger.medium.com/how-i-overcame-42-years-of-chronic-abuse-84dcd4885ed6

My late father had an IQ of 185, spoke 11 languages, had degrees in law, engineering, and journalism, and was president and chairman of the astronomical society and the engineering society. And that's not even remotely all.

My late brother was 185.

I was measured at 165 when I was 9 or 10 years old and off-the-graph at 45 years old. I was published at about 10 years old (check my portfolio). I easily got 100% for college level math, did the paper in half the time allocated, and had learnt the stuff an hour before hand.

I grew up beaten, abused, with very little human contact, etc.

My abilities doesn't have a single thing to do with input from others. Not a single thing. Nor did my brother's.

I have no idea what consciousness is - if it even exists. We are alive, and none of us know what that is.