One core issue that the author struggles with (like almost all of these theories) is a crisp definition of consciousness, that allows you to create a falsifiabl

One core issue that the author struggles with (like almost all of these theories) is a crisp definition of consciousness, that allows you to create a falsifiable hypothesis of what is "*not* consciousness". Till you cannot crisply define consciousness crisply, you cannot create a scientific falsifiable hypothesis to test it, and hence all you are debating and persuading around is philosophy or semantics.