Agreement on the phenomenology of consciousness would allow speculation about why it exists and why it is needed for human functioning, intellect, and development.

“There's also a minimal consciousness, which is simply attention on attention itself, where you don't have an observer present. And when we can agree on what we mean by the phenomenology of consciousness, we can then speculate about why consciousness is there and why we need to be conscious in order to function as human beings, as human minds, as intellects, and to develop.”