It’s like trying to explain how you can get “numbers from biscuits” or “ethics from rhubarb.”
What is the "it" referenced above? "It" is the rich subjective experience of consciousness. There's nothing else quite like consciousness, right? Writing in Seed Magazine, Nicholas Humphrey suggests that, perhaps, consciousness is "not such a big deal." OK, but what is consciousness? Why do we see the vivid redness of…