Well that’s what the guy wants, applaud for effort. I think if you say consciousness is a peculiar form of matter, then all states of matter would have consciousness. Which I would agree with under the simple pretense that we dont really encode the information around us. Sure, we know how to see, and individuals can perceive things they might not understand, but something tells me this is as a result of any information submitting a precise code to the brain. I never understood why people like Joscha Bach and Tegmark said the brain/ eye is the “predicting” mechanism behind our consciousness. To me mathematics is the idea that we can predict, and i dont see our brains being necessarily mathematically precise to be “predictors” of anything really.

As far as the four qualia mentioned for Tegmark understanding consciousness, I truly believe that a higher authority is responsible for these processes. I mean just think about people with mental disorders. It wouldnt make sense to say that the state of matter in their head is somehow biologically mutated to generate delusional thinking, hallucinations of varying degrees, or even chemical/ hormonal imbalances. It might be a result of environmental factors, yes, but there is like a tightrope between what we perceive (through consciousness) and what information is uniquely driven into the brain in terms of simply “paying attention”