If someone disagrees with that, then by “consciousness” they mean something other than what I mean by it.
I’m talking about the fact of experience. That there’s something it is like to be.
It undoubtedly is like something to be whatever “me” is. That couldn’t possibly be an illusion, because an illusion is an experience in itself and thus just further proof of consciousness. Everything I’m observing might be fake but the fact that it’s like something to be the observer is not.
Now let’s talk about reality itself, and the consciousness you think you are using to observe it
Consciousness is the only thing in the universe that I’m absolutely certain is not an illusion.
Lots of philosophers disagree on this one, it’s a contentious issue.
If someone disagrees with that, then by “consciousness” they mean something other than what I mean by it.
I’m talking about the fact of experience. That there’s something it is like to be.
It undoubtedly is like something to be whatever “me” is. That couldn’t possibly be an illusion, because an illusion is an experience in itself and thus just further proof of consciousness. Everything I’m observing might be fake but the fact that it’s like something to be the observer is not.
Multi-sensory feedback (seeing and touching/tasting/smelling it) for confimation. Which is why we have that instinct.