This is Research Diary 6 towards Navigability: We can't cut consciousness. Exploring the idea that maybe we are never unconscious but we cannot always report on our consciousness and thus do not always develop memory or have thoughts of it: Ideas Before and After the Bernardo Kastrup Discussion. #consciuosness #bernardokastrup #idealism #metaphysics #andreahiott #researchdiary In the sixth research diary, I share my thoughts on consciousness, riffing before and after my discussion about consciousness with Bernardo which is here:    • An interactive discussion on the natu...   and the edited audio only ad free is here:    • What is consciousness? What are sayin...   This episode delves into the idea that there is no true opposite to consciousness; rather, what we perceive as 'unconscious' is merely different levels of accessibilty to consciousness (phenomena or the phenomenal). I challenge binary terms and explore life as an uninterrupted continuum of consciousness that shows up differently according to different bodies and contexts, and is not always a matter of 'being like' anything reportable. Consciousness does not have to be reportable to be consciousness, and its confused use as meta-consciousness would be better if we clarified what we really mean by the term. 00:00 Introduction to the Research Diary 00:21 Exploring Consciousness 01:08 Consciousness vs. Unconsciousness 01:31 Consciousness in Comatose and Knocked-Out States 01:43 Consciousness Beyond Reportability 02:34 Nested Levels of Consciousness 04:06 The Role of Feeling in Consciousness 05:10 Consciousness and Intelligence 12:07 Draft of intro Discussion with Bernardo 14:23 Final Thoughts and Gratitude