It's not that consciousness is fundamental. In human society, "existence" is fundamentally a group effect — a product of collective consensus and shared agreement. This emerged from the evolution of our abstract thinking, which enabled the formation of dense, robust trust networks that make humanity far more viable as a species. This is precisely why we are advancing along the axis of abstract reasoning, symbolic systems, and AI. Cognition grounded in this foundation is simply more reliable. The trust it generates — rooted in collective, abstract consensus — is significantly stronger and more dependable than anything based on individual consciousness or subjective intuition.

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