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On 26 Oct 2024 05:56:48 GMT, vallor wrote:

> Besides talking about the "Perennial Philosophy", I sometimes get drawn
> in by the question of the source of consciousness.
> 
> The fact that we experience our subjective states, our qualia, our "I",
> is danged miraculous...

I lean toward the view that it's  epiphenomena. Language arose as an 
evolutionary benefit and now is used to tell ourselves stories about what 
is going on.