> I'm just noting that we are far from understanding what consciousness is, let alone how it works. The fact that we don't know what consciousness is doesn't m

> I'm just noting that we are far from understanding what consciousness is, let alone how it works. The fact that we don't know what consciousness is doesn't mean we can't make reasonable guesses. Now, given that we understand both macroscopic and microscopic physics pretty well these days, there is only so much room for guessing and some guesses are much more reasonable than others.