It's a state of being able to say "I am doing X, I am doing Y. I am thinking Z. (but not necessarily in words of course)" It's also a creation of an executive p

It's a state of being able to say "I am doing X, I am doing Y. I am thinking Z. (but not necessarily in words of course)" It's also a creation of an executive process that is separate from the analytic processes. The executive process can be aware of the analytic processes (Like we can know about our heart beating, but it's a separate process) Subjective feelings are not necessarily part of that. This article on how consciousness evolved does a good job of explaining how it works (finally), and I think it's something we could emulate. http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/06/how-consciousness-evolved/485558/ http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/06/how-consc...