How A-consciousness can in principle be understood in mechanistic terms?

3 points by bobsadino ↗ HN
A-consciousness is the phenomenon whereby information in our minds is accessible for verbal report, reasoning, and the control of behavior.

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I don't think it can.

After 52 years of life, I'm pretty sure (by direct experience) that I'm not just a machine, and that no purely materialistic view is adequate to explain human personality.