David, you say:

I am a scientist in education and thought, and from my perspective, what has been missing in science is a generalised, fundamental description of how a system, such as the neurons within the mind, can create the main "phenomena of consciousness" (eg.  perception, awareness, attention focusing, "free will" etc etc).

I'm trying to follow an argument through all the testosterone-injected invective coursing through this thread. Would you please explain exactly where these "neurons within the mind" are? Are you just eliding brain and mind, function and predicate, or whatever? And while you're at it, perhaps you could describe how you have come to the position that these "neurons within the mind" are a "system"?

 I'm afraid I have no idea what you're talking about.