I think my problem with Dennett boils down to the fact that he's a wet blanket =) His attitude would be fine if it really did seem like there was nothing more to be learned about consciousness.

To me his perspective seems a lot like our primitive ancestors looking at the stars and calling them holes poked in the sky--case closed. But you don't have to believe in a soul or anything like that to suspect that there's something significant about self-awareness that we haven't figured out yet. I feel like Dennett is the odd man out here. I suppose we'll have to wait and see if anyone can prove him wrong.