When this comic came out, I had literally just been thinking: I can't imagine any explanation of consciousness would be actually satisfying to my puny brain.
Somehow, humanity could figure out the exact details of how matter and energy give rise to consciousness (e.g., an expanded and verified version of Integrated Information Theory or Global Neuronal Workspace Theory, or something else entirely). But that still wouldn't explain why it feels like something.
The Hard Problem Is Just That.
Or, as Zach puts it:
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