Our readingWhat is a korrent?
Consciousness exists to override a rational decision that cannot be made, substituting an emotional judgement when there is too much conflicting information.
Drawn from what Nick Lane said
What this subject means
consciousness What it is for there to be something it is like to be a system, and whether that can be measured.
On the topicCan a machine be conscious?under our view: Feeling evolved to do a job: it tells an organism how it is doing and decides where reasoning stalls