I came here to say this. Stating or notifying awareness of something in an external matter isn't what consciousness is. It is the end result of a process, not

I came here to say this. Stating or notifying awareness of something in an external matter isn't what consciousness is. It is the end result of a process, not the beginning. Your analogy is a nice one. Another one is the decision by a jury happens minutes or hours before they actually tell the courtroom. Same concept.