Consciousness is just there. Full stop. Science is all about consciousness in all its variety and mystery. When Goff talks about it not being publically observable it should be made clear that our private consciousness is just one, particular, self-organizing and self-enclosed example of consciousness which is how it presents to us, as biological beings. Everything else can and should be assumed to be the same "kind" of stuff, just not accessible to our closed-off mind and limited viewpoint. <br><br>Everything else is not quite like your mind alone, but, still of the same nature, it is the mind of the universe and nature itself, including the other self-enclosed bits that have their own private viewpoints and often memories, too (very difficult to experience selfhood without memories; doesn't mean the kind of stuff that does not experience selfhood is of a different nature from our own composition).