Modelling aspects of consciousness: a topological perspective
arXiv Preprint Archive November 10, 2020 Mike Steel
A complete representation of one's own attention is impossible, because attention streams cannot be faithfully modeled. This mathematical proof, using classical topology, supports Attention Schema Theory's claim that the brain's representation of its own attention is necessarily incomplete. That incompleteness explains why humans cannot understand how their subjective awareness arises, a core aspect of the so-called hard problem of consciousness.