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You've managed to confuse me. I suspect, though, that this analogy is relevant:
What is the probability that the text between the quotation marks in this paragraph is "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Fusce id velit urna, ac sollicitudin libero. Phasellus ac rutrum nisl. In volutpat scelerisque justo, non congue diam vestibulum sit amet. Donec."? The prior probability of this being true is minuscule, looking something like 10^-60; therefore, you might as well rule it out now.
On the other hand, I suspect that we don't actually disagree at all. After all, you seem to be arguing for a position I agree with; I'm simply not sure whether you're arguing correctly or not.
This seems to be a case of extraordinary claims are extraordinary evidence. It's like saying, "well yes, the fact that I have a brain is pretty extraordinary, but so what? I clearly have one". It doesn't distinguish between a Boltzmann brain and a brain arising normally via natural selection. So is your consciousness a Boltzmann consciousness?