Comment by DonaldFisk

> Aren't you inventing that whole cloth?

I should have said, "I think that consciousness ..."

> So on the one hand you claim it's an extra (ie independent) step ...

I should have said, "The conscious experience (of qualia) is an extra step, and if consciousness is fundamental then that's a kind of substance dualism.

Thanks for pointing these out - I should have proof-read my reply before posting.