What is so mysterious about human consciousness?

[digonswine]

3. I would think that the "cause" is--

the evolution of a prefrontal cortex--I think it does not survive death, as it is in the brain.
I think some of us think we are special because of our ability to think so deeply. I am pretty sure that we are not special, that our minds do not survive death, and that we are simply lucky to have this short time.

To misquote Vonnegut--

“God made mud.
God got lonesome.
So God said to some of the mud, "Sit up!"
"See all I've made," said God, "the hills, the sea, the
sky, the stars."
And I was some of the mud that got to sit up and look
around.
Lucky me, lucky mud.
I, mud, sat up and saw what a nice job God had done.
Nice going, God.
Nobody but you could have done it, God! I certainly
couldn't have.
I feel very unimportant compared to You.
The only way I can feel the least bit important is to
think of all the mud that didn't even get to sit up and
look around.


I am but some lucky mud.