The intricate design of the universe, in my opinion, seems to be rather quite persuasive in the possibility that this universe was specifically designed for consciousness. The complexities of reality are astounding and beyond our own comprehension, let alone the existences of higher dimensions and other universes.

When you speak of odds it is not about odds, it is about precision, logic, and meaning. There obviously is an intelligence behind the design of the universe because it's flawlessness is unfathomable. Whilst you speak of the whole of space in regards to consciousness, what if consciousness developed space instead of space becoming conditional for conscious awareness? And that consciousness is the source to how existence came to be so that consciousness could experience things physically? Thus - energy and matter is the result of thought.