Thanks Michael. For readers who are confused by my post but still want to know more, consider just reading (2), which is a very good précis by Nick Humphrey of his book which I tried to summarize. It might be better for readers, rather than reading my essay, to just read that.
Also some recent popular science coverage of Humphrey’s work:
https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-inquiry/nicholas-humphreys-beautiful-theory-of-mind
https://aeon.co/essays/how-blindsight-answers-the-hard-problem-of-consciousness
https://nextbigideaclub.com/magazine/sentience-invention-consciousness-bookbite/40738/
Thanks Michael. For readers who are confused by my post but still want to know more, consider just reading (2), which is a very good précis by Nick Humphrey of his book which I tried to summarize. It might be better for readers, rather than reading my essay, to just read that.