The article glossed over this possibility, but it really does seem to be the truth. I have a theory of mind about myself as a separate entity, and have tinkered with my brain over the years to see how it reacts. And I've come to believe that consciousness doesn't really exist. The narrative in my head follows the chemistry in my body, not the other way around. You only need to experience mental illness or psychoactive chemicals to see this in action.

We want to believe there's some meaning to all of this, so we grasp on to whatever we can.

We might consider that human brains become more susceptible to superstition when damaged, and we might also consider that cosmic rays impact and damage our bodies with much more energy outside of low earth orbit. But that is a sad and scary thing to contemplate, so we choose the narrative that lets us sleep at night.