The Illusion of Consciousness

Is consciousness an illusion? The brain creates the illusion of continuity and a unified stream, but in reality, there are multiple parallel processes with no clear distinction between conscious and unconscious ones. Phenomenal consciousness is an emergent property that only exists when there's a specific organization of physical systems going on. Think of it like a user interface or a desktop on a computer. It's a simplification of what's actually going on in aggregate.