&gt; <i>if you don&#x27;t believe consciousness is more profound than other things, I honestly think you are fooling yourself, and also limiting and reducing your own value</i><p>Your reasoning just seems like an appeal to emotion. You might <i>feel</i> like consciousness is profound (a vague description without a clear meaning), but you haven&#x27;t offered any reasoning as to <i>why</i> this is the case.