It Probably Helps That My Background Is

Anyway, There Is A Lot Of Really Interesting Work Going On In The Neuroscience And Psychology Of Consciousness, And I Would Love To See Philosophers Become More Closely Involved With This.

Now I Have To Say I'm A Complete Atheist, I Have No Religious Views Myself And No Spiritual Views, Except Very Watered Down Humanistic Spiritual Views, And Consciousness Is Just A Fact Of Life, It's A Natural Fact Of Life.

Consciousness Poses The Most Baffling Problems In The Science Of The Mind. There Is Nothing That We Know More Intimately Than Conscious Experience, But There Is Nothing That Is Harder To Explain.

It Probably Helps That My Background Is In The Sciences And I Can Speak The Scientists' Language.

Actually, I Think Most People Accept The Existence Of Qualia.