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It's fairly straightforward - "consciousness" is nothing more than a compact way to talk about certain kinds of very complicated interactions of neurons, and those neurons are part of and affect the world. We might not know exactly which neuron firing patterns correspond to "consciousness", but we know that some patterns (say, the one you're experiencing right now) correspond to it, and others (say, a MMA fighter immediately after getting choked to unconciousness) don't.