[...] and your own consciousness. I can't tell if the "central planning" you refer to with respect to consciousness is supposed to be a homunculus or an intell

[...] and your own consciousness. I can't tell if the "central planning" you refer to with respect to consciousness is supposed to be a homunculus or an intelligent designer, but either way I disagree. Brains are pretty well distributed, and various degrees and kinds of brain damage have shown that no specific location is an inherently privileged "command center" of the brain; [different] people have continued to be thinking people without each part of it.