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I'm an MSc in Biology. Yes I'm aware of it, lol. I didn't say evidence that consciousness is occurring, I said evidence for the nature of consciousness. What is it? Nobody can answer this question. There is no evidence that brain waves = consciousness. Brain waves mean that the activities of consciousness are occurring but we don't know if they are consciousness or not. Yes, there is a difference, and yes, the difference is important. I work in a faculty neighbouring a neurology research lab. I've had this conversation with people who know way more about this than you or I. They say they'd like to believe consciousness is in the brain but they can't prove it. Even if they could say that consciousness is in the brain they still can't say what consciousness is. We are taking about the nature of being here. Please make the distinction. There's nothing in this that tells you how or why you are you. I can't point to a part of your body and say that you reside there, or what is this "you" that's in there.
All of this is beside the point. You generally agree without evidence that a person is conscious even though you can't see inside of them or know their internal workings, because you were taught that this is true and you believed it. Don't act like you held off on believing it until you read studies about EEGs. You believed people were conscious much earlier than that. If you are so bent on evidence then you have already contradicted yourself.
Similarly, other people "know" that God is real. They might not be able to point to something and say "God is there" but they are having a genuine epistemological experience. It's real. It's a phenomenon. It's not delusional.
Apples and oranges. EEGs are evidence for consciousness whether you care to admit it or not. You wouldn’t be participating in this conversation without consciousness. And they are welcome to have all the non-delusional epistemological experiences that they want. When you can find one of them who can offer objective, reality-based evidence, let me know.