Since we have no free will, what purpose does/did consciousness serve?
For the purpose of this topic, let us assume that free will does not exist. I do not believe in it, and I am not trying to debate its existence. And I am not the sharpest knife so don't hesitate to correct me if I am wrong about something. This is being asked purely from curiousity.
I have been very troubled recently, and I have been turning this idea around in my head over and over again. Doesn't the absence of f