>How does consciousness emerge out of nerve cells? Well, it doesn’t. You’re not dealing with the brain alone. I'm not sure that this gives any real insight. Pe

>How does consciousness emerge out of nerve cells? Well, it doesn’t. You’re not dealing with the brain alone. I'm not sure that this gives any real insight. Perhaps some other types of cells in the body are also involved in creating consciousness, but then the question is "How does consciousness emerge out of cells?". Saying the brain is "just a computer" understates the complexity of computers with arbitrary software. Just because the brain (and any other cells involved) isn't implemented as a simple Turing machine, it doesn't follow that it does anything that couldn't be alternatively implemented using a simple Turing machine.