Nope - the material universe seems to be able to achieve unimaginably spectacular feats (e.g. us) within the confines of physics, chemistry, and biology. I won't be surprised if such creativity will find a way to port "consciousness" across substrates (from meat to metal).
But I don't see this fact as dismissive of humanity's grandeur - the idea that we were placed here and made conscious by something outside of creation (quite literally a deus ex machina) is clunky. How much more elegant is it that we're instead of a kind with the rest of the universe around us and a link in that spectacle?
But I don't see this fact as dismissive of humanity's grandeur - the idea that we were placed here and made conscious by something outside of creation (quite literally a deus ex machina) is clunky. How much more elegant is it that we're instead of a kind with the rest of the universe around us and a link in that spectacle?