I would pose a philosophical question. We can know we are conscious because we can observe our own thoughts, "I think therefore I am", but we can't prove that what the fleshly senses tell us are accurate. Think of it like looking at a computer screen. The images you see on it are of real life things, but you aren't seeing real life things you are seeing pixels on a screen symbolic of real life things. In the same way our consciousness observes the senses, and because the senses my be lying to us we can't trust what they tell us. So since we have no proof for the senses, why do we believe them? It really comes down to blind faith right? I think we can all agree that
the belief that evolution is how living organisms came to be is speculation based on scientific observation, but if we observe with the senses and we can't prove them, then the belief that organisms evolved naturally is as nonsensical as the belief in god or aliens. All we can be sure of is that the consciousness exists, and that it observes something beyond itself. I used to think the the nature of reality was realism all thought my childhood and teenage years, but these days I don't think it's very logical. Not denying that we can't manipulate what our senses tell us through the observation of cause and effect, just curious what people who insist in believing evolution think.