[RobertRies]

Emergent property of a sophisticated brain (with it's own weaknesses).

But even if I didn't have a more compelling explanation, that doesn't mean I can't be highly critical of, or reach a conclusion that panpsychicism is highly unlikely to be approaching a good explanation.

[mistermann]

> it presupposes that the configuration of the brain, and inputs isn't fundamentally the constituents of consciousness.

For clarity: are all the things you've said above your opinion, or are you presenting then as facts (which was my interpretation)?

[llamaimperative]

Sure! Now define “brain”

[RobertRies]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_brain

But also, see the rest of my comment. The onus is not on me to arrive with a better explanation just because there's a bad explanation on the table.

If I come home and find a cookie on my counter, and someone said "I think that a space alien teleported the cookie there" and I said "I think that's unlikely to be the correct explanation." And then that person asked "Well, what's a better explanation?" and I said "Maybe someone broke into my apartment, felt guilty, and left a cookie there." and then grilled me on that counter-explanation.