A Conscious Universe

[Mudhammam]

I don't think the evolutionary narrative proves anything. It shows a relationship between brain and behavior, but I don't think it allows us to establish in a philosophically satisfying way whether a given physical system is or isn't experiencing qualia. It doesn't define qualia, give a mechanism for it (other than a vague sense that it's in the brain, somewhere, cuz 'where else?'), or explain why any organism would need to be aware of the processes in the brain in order for it to respond to its environment.

Sure, it's not a silver bullet for everything we would like to understand regarding the neurophysiology of mental experiences but that mind has a physical basis --- a perspective that analogously coincides with individual growth and development of brain, and simultaneously qualia --- I think it's more than adequate evidence.