I’m often asked a version of, “How do we see ‘this’ and feel better?”
Short answer: We don’t. Longer answer:

Is it “reasonable” to assume that the brain produces consciousness?

“Thus, with a kiss, I die.” The famous last words of Romeo, in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. It’s widely agreed that Shakespeare created the character of Romeo (relying rather heavily on Ovid and Painter). And many actors have donned a costume, and stepped onto a stage, and delivered that line, as if they were Romeo. They’ve done their best to