The claim that source physicalism and source idealism are equally probable intrinsically is not self-evident and is contested by Chalmers, who treats consciousness as primitively non-physical.

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Chalmers: # Chalmers David Chalmers is a prominent Australian philosopher known for introducing the concept of "the hard problem of consciousness"—the question of why and how physical processes in the brain create subjective experiences like the feeling of pain or the color red. His work challenges the assumption that science can easily explain consciousness and has become central to modern debates about the mind and human experience. He matters because he fundamentally shaped how philosophers and scientists think about what makes consciousness uniquely difficult to understand.
Intrinsically probable(as a measure of how likely something seems on its own merits): Likely to be true based on its own properties or logical structure, independent of any other evidence or comparison.
Primitively non-physical(as used in metaphysics): Existing as a fundamental, basic feature of reality that cannot be reduced to or explained by physical things, similar to how physicists treat gravity or energy as basic forces.
consciousness(Philosophy of mind; framing the 'What is consciousness?' question)

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