Whatever minds is it can form a part of a group mind without being aware of it. Such a group mind can have will and intention, emotions, perceptions, and the ability to carry out a plan, and to interact with other group minds and hence some sense of time and self-other distinction, but no qualia or self-reflection. This means that every group mind is a kind of living Chinese room experiment, which shows that none of those mental traits by itself can lead to or even come close to, what we know as consciousness.