I don’t think that was my point exactly. Rather, my point is that not all representations used by minds to process information make it into the scientific worldview, so there is a leftover component that is still cared about. That doesn’t mean people will think consciousness is more important than scientific information, and indeed scientific theories are conscious to at least some people.
Separately, many people have a desire to increase the importance of illegible things to reduce constraint, which is your hypothesis; I think this is an important factor but it wasn’t what I was saying.
I don’t think that was my point exactly. Rather, my point is that not all representations used by minds to process information make it into the scientific worldview, so there is a leftover component that is still cared about. That doesn’t mean people will think consciousness is more important than scientific information, and indeed scientific theories are conscious to at least some people.
Separately, many people have a desire to increase the importance of illegible things to reduce constraint, which is your hypothesis; I think this is an important factor but it wasn’t what I was saying.