Would the universe still exist if every conscious being was removed from the universe ?

Question

This is a purely hypothetical question that requires a bit more detail with regard to the topic being proposed in this forum chat. Firstly in this senario it must be known that only one man exists in the unvierse and that all other species have been removed from existence (including aliens and any higher powers). As man is a conscious being and can percieve/ understand that the environment around him exists then is it possible that without his knowledge of his own existence that the universe in all its physical form will cease to exist without a conscious acknowledgement of it. This suggestion can also be further supported with regard to time and space. In human terms time only exists in the present and that as conscious beings we only live in the present, predict the future and remember the past. Without our own uncondition intervention then how can there be any distinction between the past present and future. Without this both the start and the end of the universe have not happened..

Answer 1

The idea that existence requires the existence of consciousness to make it real is the fallacy called the Primacy of Consciousness.

The Primacey of Existence states that existence exists, that A is A, that whatever blew up in the "big bang"--if it did--or what ever existed at that time, had no consciousness to witness it. Yet it exists.