This, exactly.
Nobody can defined what consciousness is in terms that can be experimentally validated. Until that happens not only can the question not be answered, it isn't even a question that makes any sense.
Nobody can defined what consciousness is in terms that can be experimentally validated. Until that happens not only can the question not be answered, it isn't even a question that makes any sense.
To the point, I have a convincing experience of consciousness and free will — qualia — and I suspect a digital clone of my brain would have a similar experience. Although this question is not testable, I think it's inaccurate to say that it doesn't make sense.
If you can provide a satisfying definition of X it’s very clear