First, thanks Fen for that outline at the other site. It's quite well thought out. I ask for a bit of room to stear this topic... well, off topic:
I dissagree with the following assertion (from that other
link ):
a. There is a finite and constant number of conscious entities.
b. Each is separate from all conscious entities.
It is the "seats" as you call them that are separate and finite. This is all we know for sure. The Entity in my view (which is intuited, and without basis in provable facts) is singular and only becomes separated when manifested in the physical, seated form.
c. It is formed under the following conditions.
c1. A seat is ready to accept an entity.
c2. At least one entity's sphere of influence encompasses the seat.
c3. The center of one of the spheres is closest to the seat. This one is caught.
In my view, the seat acts as a tuning mechanism that "folds" or "focuses" consciousness into it's physically manifest form. I hold that all things, or rather, the only thing: Universe, is conscious. Of course, it only becomes meaningful in human terms when a brain folds this consciousness into system that is capable of action.
Separations into distinct physical entities like ants and us, happen at the "seat" level, with sensory input and information storage as the localizing force.
I don't hold that your description is wrong, I just prefer mine (predictably).
Can this be modeled in a computer? I don't know. I believe it is possible with some kind of networking of processing units.
The creation, or rather "taming" of consciousness is possible by creating a physical seat. the universe did it once, I don't see why we can't do the same, eventually.