feedback loop

Consciousness is a kind of multisensory virtual reality played in one part of the brain so that other parts of the brain can watch it and react in various ways. These (unconscious?) reactions feed back into the virtual reality and modify it. Then it's played again and reacted to again, over and over. The updated version is what we experience as consciousness. The unconscious updating takes place without us noticing. We watch the consequences of our unconscious brain processes. We see these consequences as our thoughts and "decisions."