When you look at a computer screen, I expect you wouldn't imagine there really are little rectangles inside, even if it appears so. It's the same with the mind

When you look at a computer screen, I expect you wouldn't imagine there really are little rectangles inside, even if it appears so. It's the same with the mind - just because something appears a certain way doesn't mean that's how it works. An explanation has to satisfy certain requirements - it has to be made of simpler parts, not a Matryoshka doll of ever shrinking homunculi with the exact same capabilities. You might find Dennett's books like Consciousness explained or Sweet Dreams an interesting challenge. If your description of consciousness involves pushing back the veil to a point where exactly the same words/thoughts/actions are being created further inside, and then mediated to the outside via a clerk, then it's not very useful.