Consciousness must be related to connectedness. A microchip is like a prison where transistors sit in isolated cells and don't interact with each other, so whil

Consciousness must be related to connectedness. A microchip is like a prison where transistors sit in isolated cells and don't interact with each other, so while each prisoner is conscuous, a group higher-order consciousness doesn't form. A brain is more like a pub where neurons interact with each other freely, each contributes its small consciousness, so a group consciousness form. However I don't believe that consciousness is a property of a thing. Rather, it must be like sunlight, and each neuron acts as a lens to collect and shape that light.