At some point, how many more layers of noal networks do you need in the cortex for this self awareness to come on line? Well, there is a very good book about this by antonio damacio. And he has a very elaborate theory of consciousness and of the self,. where he talks about the proto self, which is not self aware but then turns into self awareness. It it's a very complex theory, and it's a sort of slight of hand, because when you read it for the first time, you think he has really nailed it, and he has a theory of consciousness at explains the selfawareness. But he doesn't, becauseitsi it sort of still