When this topic is discussed using common speech, it becomes confusing. `Consciousness' is used to describe so many things: the state of being conscious (as opp

When this topic is discussed using common speech, it becomes confusing. `Consciousness' is used to describe so many things: the state of being conscious (as opposed to unconscious), the feeling of awareness (as opposed to an automaton that responds to its environment), being aware of oneself as an individual (as opposed to just aware of the world), those thoughts on which you are focusing as opposed to automatic thinking, choices of the will as opposed to unwitting biases, etc. I really don't see all of these as equivalent. Even if we accept that the article is talking about conscious vs unconscious thinking (focus vs automatic), the hypothesis doesn't seem to explain things we choose to do (which are selected by conscious thoughts/focus), which don't arise because they are something unexpected or unpredicted. Sure, if you are about to commit a war crime, the matter may be brought to attention by the conscience, which somehow signals that something unusual is about to happen. But when I decide to take an extra bath today because I like the sensation of warm water, it's not happening because of some odd stimulus that wasn't predicted. Or at least, I'm not conscious of what that stimulus is. Some of the situations where we make conscious choices seem to arise because of habit, morality, suggestion, and any number of other triggers. Another thing that seems to trigger our attention is the need to conduct an ordered set of movements that have not been previously rehearsed, in order to accomplish some desired outcome. And that also extends to things where there are states of mind that must be progressed through in order in order to accomplish the desired outcome, such as arithmetic, or doing a brute force search of potential solutions to a problem, or solving a logic puzzle. All these also demand our attention/focus.