Radio

 “There was this radio, and however it happened it was endowed with or attained self-consciousness.”

“That sounds amazing.”

“Maybe so, but the interesting thing was, whatever station it would be tuned to, it would immediately be convinced the thoughts uttered there were its own. If, hypothetically speaking, someone for instance tried to explain to the radio that it was merely the medium by which these utterances were being transmitted, this for it would have been an incomprehensible notion. ‘These are my thoughts, and that’s all there is to it,’ it would more or less have responded.’”

“Interesting.”