Consciousness might just be the brain's recurrent and unsuccessful attempt at predicting itself. Similarly, "free will" may simply be an illusion caused by the

Consciousness might just be the brain's recurrent and unsuccessful attempt at predicting itself. Similarly, "free will" may simply be an illusion caused by the failure of that perfect prediction of what to do/what will happen, thus leaving us with a pleasant stochasticity that we end up favoring as freedom :)