i really enjoy this topic and i agree with a lot of what you have written.
i'd like you to explore the other way.
what if everything is manifested in the conscious reality (like a dimension) and it functions like a mirror to explore itself.
so to say an electron isn't really conscious before it is observed by a conscious (more complex form) and it only becomes so if we can see a pattern (familiar or not) that explains/expands our counsiousnes.
and if quantum strangness is a hell of a rabbit hole i don't know where the counscious hole could end
keep writing. i'm interested