> Consciousness is what thinking feels like. Most people don't play around with their consciousness enough to realize that there's such a state as consciousnes

> Consciousness is what thinking feels like. Most people don't play around with their consciousness enough to realize that there's such a state as consciousness without thought. You can of course argue that it doesn't exist, but I invite you to actually get there before making up your mind. At that point it becomes clear that you've been overlooking something obvious that is likely to turn your metaphysics on its head. The closest analogy I can give is lucid dreaming. In a regular dream, you might see a flower and work out all the processes that cause you to see it. When you become lucid, you suddenly see the gaping flaw in your model.