Panpsychism is what you get if materialism can't be proven. Sure, maybe there is a neural correlate of consciousness, but there is no proof of it. If no neural (or perhaps quantum?) correlate can be found, it would perhaps fall on panpsychism as the default explanation.

These folks^0 put money on it, and panpsychism is winning so far.

0: https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/07/12/a-25-year-old-bet-on...