 Now that we know what we are talking about when we talk about unified consciousness, the next question to ask is: Does it exist? Does consciousness have the properties that it would need to have to be unified? If this division of questions looks peculiar, notice that it can apply to Santa Claus, too. We can develop an account of what Santa Claus would be like without committing ourselves on the question of whether such a being exists. However, the division may look peculiar in another way: How could anyone deny that consciousness is unified? That it is seems just obvious. In fact, there has been a good deal of skepticism on the matter.