Well said. I think one of the problems is, that most just think that consciousness is a given and have a hard time to acknowledge, that we actually have no damn clue what it really is.

It's easy to say, that believing in a soul or something like it is hogwash, but just closing your eyes and telling yourself "I think and therefore I am" does not bring us any closer to an answer.

We have to assume that all unfalsifiable arguments could be true until we have proof, that they are incorrect. That is the only scientific approach.