That’s because of several problems in the problem definition. First off, a lot of research talks about consciousness, but doesn’t define it. Do you mean atten

That’s because of several problems in the problem definition. First off, a lot of research talks about consciousness, but doesn’t define it. Do you mean attention? Do you mean memory? Do you mean awareness? Do you mean self awareness? Do you mean ability to report on a phenomenon? Do you mean a combination of these things? Then they’re looking into the physical or neurological basis. Why would that need to be there? Are you going to look at the physical basis of a software application, when there are multiple chip architectures which work? When it could be done mechanically, when it could have been done with a pen and paper? What part of the physical basis are you looking for? It’s neurons. We know how they work. (Well, and all the other cells in our nervous system and brain which for some reason we just ignore) I think the problem with consciousness isn’t consciousness itself, it’s our preconceived notions of what constitutes and doesn’t constitute consciousness, and our inability thus far to accurate define and constrain both the subject and research question.