SvennoJ on 29 August 2014
All interesting questions. However the attitude, oh fuck it, it probably was God has never advanced our understanding of the universe.
We don't really know yet how the universe works, so reverse engineering how it started has its limitations. Same with consciousness. We have very limited knowledge of what it is, so asking where it came from is a bit premature. We can't even say for sure what animals have consciousness.
