Is it so clear? For one thing consciousness is not necessarily synonymous with the ability to reason. Observe your own consciousness; observe the generation o

Is it so clear? For one thing consciousness is not necessarily synonymous with the ability to reason. Observe your own consciousness; observe the generation of each individual thought and experience. Are you conscious of their origin or do they simply arise in a stream from the darkness of your subconscious? If the later is true (IE if your subconscious is doing the real work), then is consciousness essential to reason or merely coincidental?