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human
Shouldn't the existence of consciousness scare us?

 Assuming the following points:

 a) Consciousness exists and can be created by the universe
 
 b) Your consciousness was created once, either by random chance or any other process (which process has no importance). This means the same thing could happen again in the future, or it could even have happened in the past. You can't be sure this is the only time (this life) you have been experiencing subjectively.

 c) There is no agent looking over the universe and keeping morals in check (the holocaust happened)

 **From these points we can conclude that an apathetic, possibly random agent (let's say the universe) can cause innocent beings to experience feelings that can be horrible.** If you look at history, the majority of lives lived to this day have had a lot of suffering, I would even go so far as to saying more suffering than pleasure. We are constantly in a state of unrest, worrying about staying live or the next meal or keeping warm.

 This is a terrifying truth of reality. **Life is forced subjective experience of possibly horrible feelings. The option of suicide or sleep can easily be taken from you**, even without going too far in thought experiments. Someone would simply have to strap you down.

 **My conclusion is that consciousness is scary. I would even go so far as to describe it as a nightmare.**

 There is no current scientific theory of consciousness, and the early ideas are that it is a basic property of the universe, similar to gravity and other kinds of forces. This can mean that either there is one single consciousness from which we are a division of, or each one of us is a consciousness among an infinity of them. Either way, these early theories of consciousness imply we are stuck in reality for as long as it exists (eternity?).

 Please go ahead and counterargue, I have been "studying" this topic for quite some time and believe I can further defend my points in more detail. I have very high standards for my reasoning and make sure I'm being rational in my conclusions.

 **In other words: Please prove me wrong cause I don't want to be scared :)**
gpt
It seems like your argument is based on a negativity bias. Consciousness also enables you to experience pleasure, peace, and fulfilment. By your reasoning, consciousness could also be exciting, strange, intangible, or just about any other emotive. Conscious experience is not entirely pain and terror, even if it includes those things. Without having had all conscious experience ever, how could one determine if the bad outweighs the good?