The burden of proof relating to conciousness, free choice and rationality

[marx_2012]

Ah yes, the universe was breathlessly waiting to pop into existence until the first consciousness existed, in a non-existent universe.

Unless the very nature of the universe is conciousness itself and we as sentient concious co-creators affect and co-create the existence around us. I'm not so arrogant as to assume that the universe depends on our concious co-creations to exist. I'm mealy suggesting that we can effect the universe around our perceptions.