Consciousness is NOT a singular phenomena. The experience of pain is not the same as the self-conscious reflection that "I am" experiencing pain. So, please be sure to be aware that experience and self-conscious reflection are two different things. You start the blog with conflating the two. That is going to lead to all sorts of conceptual confusions, which are apparent in what follows. And IIT is not pseudo science. https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/theory-of-knowledge/202310/a-fight-breaks-out-in-the-science-of-consciousness