In message <004601be378c$4fdd39c0$e2194018@CS1000568-A.cgno1.ab.wave.hom
e.com>, David McFadzean <morpheus@lucifer.com> writes
>>It is never simply
>>and straightforwardly true either that the thing
There is no *objective* truth to it. What truth there is, is intersubjective. In other words, it is very important that we think and act as if we believed each other to be conscious, because the most basic social functions depend upon it. But science will never find consciousness in the brain, because it doesn't reside there (or anywhere else). It is not a thing, nor a process, but a concept (meme) that has a part to play in human social functioning.
Yes, folks, consciousness is a meme! :-)
-- Robin