Most of us are physicalists now meaning that most agree that nature is all that is the case and that there are no super-natural phenomena. Given that this is so then consciousness (no matter how it *feels* otherwise subjectively) must be explainable in physical terms.

We don't have the exact mechanism to hand now but surely it is just a matter of time.

My question another couple of ways.

*Why is it that some feel that consciousness is not amenable to physical explanations (in due time) when all else around us seems to be?*

or

*What is it about how consciousness makes itself known to us that prevents us from seeing it as a physical phenomenon like all others?*