Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain: Is consciousness real or illusory? What evidence supports your opinion?
(There are multiple senses of “real” one could consider when answering this question. Does it have real causal effects on behavior? Does it have real adaptive value? Does our subjective experience of it match what is really happening?)
There are multiple sources of evidence you could consider in answering this question, including split brain studies, cognitive neuroscience research on the correlates of consciousness, and behavioral research on the relationship between action and conscious experience.
