Consciousness causes higher entropy compared to unconscious states in the human brain

[vulcanlogician]

Actually, the article was kind of interesting, but slim on the details. I can't quite wrap my head around how consciousness might be a side effect of entropy, but its interesting to ponder. Below is what I thought was most informative out of the abstract:

 We find a surprisingly simple result: normal wakeful states are characterised by the greatest number of possible configurations of interactions between brain networks, representing highest entropy values. Therefore, the information content is larger in the network associated to conscious states, suggesting that consciousness could be the result of an optimization of information processing. These findings encapsulate three main current theories of cognition, as discussed in the text, and more specifically the conceptualization of consciousness in terms of brain complexity. We hope our study represents the preliminary attempt at finding organising principles of brain function that will help to guide in a more formal sense inquiry into how consciousness arises from the organization of matter.

I bolded what I thought was the main idea. It seems to be an attempt at a naturalistic solution to the mind/body problem.