>So there must be something extra non-formal for consciousness, and the meager electronics of modern computers plainly don’t seem it. But the neurons of a brai

>So there must be something extra non-formal for consciousness, and the meager electronics of modern computers plainly don’t seem it. But the neurons of a brain do? Don't get me wrong, I like the theory that microtubules harness quantum weirdness to do something hard-problem of consciousness adjacent. But I would bet that if we were silicon-based lifeforms experimenting with carbon adding machines we'd say they plainly don't have the stuff for consciousness either. There's just no consensus theory[1] explaining how consciousness arises. [1] though for my part I'd bet Tononi's model of information integration combined with quantum bayesianism and long relaxation times is on the right track.