How Many Layers of Noal Networks Do You Need in the Cortex?

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