But when the prediction is wrong and not easily…
But when the prediction is wrong and not easily fixed, the discrepancy summons our attention so that the brain can bring everything it has its senses, its knowledge, its powers of reason to bear on the new situation. "That is why, phenomenologically, we feel consciousness," Tani said. In short, we are only aware of thwarted expectations.
— from The Heart in the Cockpit (Emotion/Awe/Anxiety/Regret/Empathy) · Putting Ourselves Back in the Equation: Why Physicists are Studying Human Consciousness an