I wonder if 6 would be understanding own thinking. Currently humans don't understand this. Thoughts just pop in to our heads and we try to explain what caused them.
I'm more optimistic but cynical. Everybody has the capacity, but can't be bothered for your sake specifically. A highly intelligent person can casually entertain several theoretical notions. A lesser can too, but it requires more effort. Effort that might be better spent elsewhere, or effort that makes social interaction awkward.
Higher consciousness does not imply cooperation, even though we idealize it to do so. Cooperation is another dimension - it is easy to imagine a being that has a higher form of consciousness but is not interested in cooperation or does not engage in it unless it can take advantage of others.
One of the most insightful things I learned about myself. Sam Harris has a fascinating 2hr podcast on the subject of free will. The idea that we don’t choose what we think is fascinating and so obvious after it’s explained. But I don’t know that I’d ever have realized.
