The transition from biology to phenomenology

• The evolutionary advantage of energy demanding spontaneous nerve activity may have been that it was a prerequisite for the emergence of consciousness. • Interaction between integrated nerve activity from, e.g., sensory brain areas and brain areas showing spontaneous nerve activity may be the biology of consciousness. • Phenomenologically, the interaction between integrated nerve activity and spontaneous nerve activity may be felt by the spontaneously active nerve cells. Biologically, consciousness may arise when integrated nerve activity from e.g., sensory brain areas interact with brain areas showing spontaneous nerve activity. It is hypothesized that phenomenologically, consciousness may arise when the spontaneously active nerve cells that are affected by the integrated nerve activity feel this influence. Being able to feel something may be an evolutionary and fundamentally new phenomenon. and be the transition from biology to consciousness.