I’ve solved the “hard problem of consciousness”
By imagination, I do not mean they are able to decide on alternative options...
To understand what I mean by imagination you have to understand that to the spider the future is completely incomprehensible. The way they make decisions is by analysing current information via senses, then remembering the value of strategies for each situation. This is a two step process for the mind.
1- The spider weighs the strength of the attributes of the external phenomenon...
... against ...
2- the strength of its own attributes.
This enables them to estimate whether or not an action will be successful. Whether they will gain value or lose value from trying to capture the fly.
By imagination, I mean the ability to create a fake version of that calculation in your mind. This enables you to imagine situations you are not directly involved in. It enables you to image what you look like from the outside. It enables you to imagine how your actions will be perceived.
This process has three steps.
1 - Your perceived self, or future self, effects...
2- The external phenomenon, changing its strength, which we then...
3 - weigh up against our strength.
The extra step is actually a mirror in the mind. This is the second mirror in the mind. If you understand the mirrors, you understand the mind.