Consciousness is a huge question. But ascribing it to a "soul" is pure God-of-the-gaps thinking. There are lots of things we don't understand - we need to be comfortable with the fact that "I don't know" is a reasonable answer to a question, particularly since it then usually leads to filling that gap with something meaningful, based on evidence and reason. If we pretend we know the answer and just assert something based on nothing, that then slows human progress and understanding.
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