Comment by munksbeer

>The issue with defining it is someone could potentially find a way to make a machine that mimics it but works nothing like a consciousness generating brain does. So, if it meets our definition criteria, is that conscious? Where's the certainty? How do we prove it is?

This sentence of yours makes me think you've missed the point of the post you're replying to.

Unless you're actually agreeing with them, but I can't tell.