The brain by itself is merely reactive. It recognizes learned patterns, it executes learned behaviors, and it learns from all that. Consciousness observes the

The brain by itself is merely reactive. It recognizes learned patterns, it executes learned behaviors, and it learns from all that. Consciousness observes the brain (and by extension consciousness sees, hears, and feels). The brain reacts on the input of consciousness (and by extension, consciousness makes our body act). Consciousness as a feedback loop in the brain would only explain self-awareness of the brain. It does not explain the observer (nor debatably free will or conscious choice).