[LinuxAmbulance]

> Probably an unavoidable property that emerges from the sheer and perverse complexity of the human brain

Complexity alone causing consciousness, much like an infinite amount of monkeys coming up with Shakespeare's complete works, is a far flung pipe dream.

The hardware doesn't guarantee the software, but the software can't exist without the appropriate hardware is probably a better way to look at it.

There's so much life out there that survives just fine without consciousness that it seems like a very narrow stroke of luck that it occurred at all.