The semantic games Brian and Lex use to “explain” consciousness is laughable. The hard problem of consciousness will never be “solved”; they’re just simulating an “answer” with more elaborate metaphors.,(reply>), You are on to it all.Look into the work of Ludwig Wittgenstein.Symbology and reality are irreconcilably remote.Semantics are a spiral a disengenous process of chasing the never to be known .The hairy coconut between the ears has severe limitations.