Well the fact that brains function well when chaotic and poorly
   or unconscious when less chaotic, shows that chaotic brains are
   conscious brains. It's not surprising. But what I like is it's
   at least a contrasting view from the engineered circuit model.
   Thing is, both models of the brain are useful, but there's even
   other models that are also useful. In the case of consciousness
   vs unconsciousness, using a circuit model is more useful: signal
   up the brain stem, that's activated by the blue light sensor
   (pineal gland or whatever), and kickstarts each of the circuits
   in turn until we're awake again within 400ms or whatever, but
   some of the other circuits take a longer time to warm up which
   is why you feel groggy sometimes when you get up 'cause a cold
   brain works slower like a cold engine. That sort of thing. But
   the chaotic model has its own uses as well to help explain brain
   stuff that I like it for as well. It's all analogies in the end,
   and analogies rarely are completely representative, but they're
   useful as teaching tools/ understanding tools as long as we
   don't take them TOO seriously.