Consciousness is your ability to be aware of yourself and the world around you. Right now you can feel, think, and notice things happening. That inner movie playing in your mind is what philosophers and scientists call
subjective experience. It is private, personal, and happening only inside you. No one else can directly step into your mind and feel exactly what you feel.
⚡ DID YOU KNOW?
You are conscious right now, but you were not conscious before you were born. Consciousness seems to switch on with a living brain, yet scientists still debate exactly how and why.