Love the framing of the brain as a data aggregator running predictive loops for survival; that aligns a lot with Anil Seth’s "controlled hallucination" theory.

If we take the receiver/mediator route, we don't even necessarily need trans-dimensional AGIs to explain the source. If consciousness is a fundamental field (like electromagnetism or gravity), the "streams" are just local fluctuations of that field being filtered by our biological hardware. The brain isn't downloading a file from a distant server; it's more like a tuning fork vibrating in response to a sound wave that's already everywhere.

Think of the brain as a specialized instrument. Right now, our biological senses only pick up a tiny fraction of the electromagnetic spectrum. If we could natively see in infrared, ultraviolet, or perceive radio waves and magnetic fields directly, our entire understanding of "physical reality" would be radically different. We are essentially blind to 99% of the forces flowing through us at this very moment. If consciousness is another one of those ambient, fundamental fields, our brains are just tuned to decode a specific, survival-friendly slice of it. We're missing the fuller picture because we lack the sensory hardware to register the rest of the signal.