> Maybe it's a sort of self-modeling feedback loop. Our brains model our physical bodies, mental state and the mental state of others. At some point, this model

> Maybe it's a sort of self-modeling feedback loop. Our brains model our physical bodies, mental state and the mental state of others. At some point, this modeling becomes sophisticated enough to become recursive. The model includes cruder approximations of those models, etc like being between two mirrors facing each other. The symbolic representations expand beyond our ability to perceive them. We become aware of our awareness. Bang! You're conscious. I don't see how sensations like color, sound, pain arise from a feedback loop. And those sensations are what make up our conscious experiences. It's an interesting way of approaching the problem, but it honestly sounds like a bunch of functional words strung together to magically produce qualia, because mirrors are a neat analogy.