That there is more in the Universe thyan we can currently see or measure almost goes without saying. As to whether any of this is 'conscious' or not is another matter. Because unless we can understand and communicate with that consciousness, consistently and clearly, then it may as well not be conscious at all, for all pracitcal purposes.

Science and philosophy are hitting a wall - maybe the same one, maybe two different ones. It's my feeling that we need a new approach and set of tools if we're going to find out any more. I wrote a brief article about this the other day, but I'm not the sort of pain in the bum who puts links to his own work in the Comments section of other peoples'.