These academics have taken to identifying “consciousness” with awareness, or sense of self. This is what happens within the domain of consciousness (which like any “machine” may break down or malfunction.)
Consciousness lies in the physics of quantum holographic memory. I call this “the inflection of the potential of existential being”, you (mob of intelligentsia) do not seem to care for this.
Consciousness is not “quantum magic” it is the quantum echo chamber animated by biochemistry, temporally propagated by our cognitive technology (which may vary or break down.)
The qubit is not the ultimate information density of the quantum domain, mass entanglement allows many neurons to participate in a single holographic domain. Passive differential allows access to this domain without disrupting the entanglement.
What is presently regarded as consciousness (depicted in this article) is what is done within the domain of consciousness, specifically a temporal neurological feedback loop, of which there are many simultaneously occurring. This “science” is not attending to the architecture of consciousness itself, which exists whether or not one is “aware”.
The qubit is a dead end. When quantum holographic memory is understood, consciousness will be understood.